ADDITIONAL METASTATIC BREAST CANCER RESEARCH AWARDS FOR 2021

March 9, 2022  /  BY METAvivor Board of Directors

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METAvivor Research and Support announces six additional new grant awards for metastatic breast cancer research totaling $1,100,000.00.

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Metastatic Breast Cancer – and a Calling | Jacquie & Kerry’s Story

February 8, 2022  /  BY Jacquie Beck and Kerry O’Riordan McAdam

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Christmas Eve gatherings. Summer vacations at the Jersey Shore. These are just some of the experiences Jacquie Beck and Kerry O’Riordan McAdam have always shared.

They never expected they’d add Penn Medicine, cancer, and a fundraising gala — held in their honor — to that list.

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Stampede Reflections by Minnesota State Captain Cassie Cramer

January 27, 2022

I was diagnosed with MBC three and half years ago. This diagnosis came 16 years after my early-stage breast cancer diagnosis. My first three years of living with MBC was spent trying to figure out how to live in the face of death. Simply, how to keep going. While my husband became active with METAvivor, I sat on the sidelines until 2021 when I was encouraged to serve as the Stampede captain for Minnesota.

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Stampede Reflections By Montana State Captain Bess Harris

January 27, 2022  /  BY Bess Harris

2021 was my second year as Montana’s State Captain for the METAvivor Stampede.  I am in active treatment for my third bout with cancer—second with metastatic breast cancer--and would not have been able to participate if the Stampede continued as an in-person only, D.C.-based event.  I’m not alone.  We almost doubled our number of state captains in 2021 compared with 2019.  

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Metavivor Announces The 2021 Grant Awards For Metastatic Breast Cancer Research

January 26, 2022  /  BY METAvivor Board of Directors

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METAvivor Research and Support announces 26 new grant awards for metastatic breast cancer research totaling $4.050,000. Metavivor has continued to fund research through the pandemic despite challenges. The grants hold promise for future treatments and therapies that will have a significant and positive impact for those living with metastatic breast cancer and includes a special award designed to eliminate health disparities for black people living with metastatic breast cancer.

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