BCRAN Breast Cancer Research Advocacy Network

10/11/2021

Hearts of Steel Dragon Boat races at North Park on September 26, 2021

10/11/2021

bcRAN advocates made a new friend at the Hearts of Steel Dragon Boat races at North Park on September 26, 2021.

10/11/2021

bcRAN was in the park educating Dr Oz and participants about clinical trials at the inaugural Magee 5K at North Park on September 5, 2021.

10/09/2021

bcRAN was spreading awareness of clinical trials today at the ACS Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk in Pittsburgh.

04/02/2020

On February 27th, this beautiful human..... mom, wife, friend... sat on a panel for the community screening of the documentary of "However Long", a film about metastatic breast cancer (MBC). She was hopeful and brave and honest. It is upsetting to share with you that on April 1st, Jill died of her MBC. No community is spared. Please continue to advocate for research, for clinical trials, for support and for funding. It is life or death. These are things that Jill worked tirelessly for while she lived with MBC. We can honor her and her memory in doing so. Most sincere sympathy to Jill's family.

03/31/2020

Many of us are wondering about this...... scientists carry on their work despite the current health crisis. Thank you to them and to all of the frontline healthcare providers working for the benefit of each of us!

The COVID-19 epidemic is disrupting the cancer research field, forcing annual meetings to be cancelled and impacting clinical trials. But some cancer researchers say the pandemic will force them to create new ways to find solutions.

03/03/2020

Informative, powerful, real, poignant, empowering, heart-wrenching, amazing..... just a few of the adjectives that 60 attendees used to describe the film ("However Long" by Jenny MacKenzie) and follow up discussion. Thank you to everyone who attended and to our panelists. Knowledge is power and the hope is that you are called to act .... to learn more, to advocate, to donate, to tell a friend or to support someone living with MBC.

So many people to thank.... Ruth Modzelewski, Sasha Milicevic, Lois Karran, Carola Neumann, Dionne Brelsford/Winchester Thurston, Jacquelyn Cynkar (photo credits), Jennifer Harris Tepe and daughter Olivia, Francesca DiVito, Kathy Purcell, Dr. Shannon Puhalla, Marlene West, Dr. Rebecca Watters and Jill Griffin.

02/24/2020

Sandi is an outlier in the metastatic breast cancer (MBC) world. She has been living with MBC for 20+ years. Her words are important to hear. Clinical trials are important. Funding for MBC research is important. Hope is important. We want more Sandi's.

02/10/2020

https://clinicaltrials.komen.org/
A trusted source for information on the topic breast cancer and related clinical trials.

Susan G. Komen helps people with any stage of breast cancer find and participate in clinical trials, including trials supported by Komen.

02/02/2020

bcRAN advocates "Pinking the Pete" and sharing information about clinical trials!

01/22/2020

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01/15/2020

This is a powerful interview with Host Matt Birnholz, MD and Guest Marina Kaplan, PhD and metastatic breast cancer patient/advocate. Marina passed away this week. Her words highlight a significant challenge for both researchers and patients. Please listen.....

Ms. Marina Kaplan's inspiring life history as an "outlier survivor" as she put it for having achieved remission from triple-negative breast cancer over six years ago was helped by numerous cutting-edge clinical trials made accessible to her. But the experience as a study subject exposed her to syste...