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One exciting trend in this area of research is the study of Exceptional Responders to cancer therapies. This type of work looks
at the genetic profile of cancers of these Exceptional Responders to find out why they were cured. Once researchers know
this, they match cancers of other people that have the same genetic profile as the cancer that is cured.
Cancers of different organs can have the same genetic profile. So a drug that cures someone of thyroid cancer can potentially
be used to cure someone else of ovarian cancer. This is what the Exceptional Responders Initiative looks for.
A new project
If you have metastatic breast cancer, join a nationwide movement of patients, doctors, and
scientists by sharing your tumor samples, your medical information, and your voice. Together,
we can speed the development of future therapies. -MBCProject
Breast Cancer Awareness Research on Exceptional Responders is being built into a project on
metastatic breast cancer. Corrie Painter,PhD is one of the leaders of a project that brings
the metastatic breast cancer community of patients, together with geneticists researchers at
the Broad Institute and cancer researchers at Dana Farber Cancer Institute. The project, The
#MBCProject, stands for metastatic breast cancer and it is designed to accelerate discoveries
and treatments for breast cancer metastases through understanding genomics. The project is
being done in partnership with advocacy groups like the Metastatic Breast Cancer Alliance,
the Metastatic Breast Cancer Network, the Avon Foundation, Living Beyond Breast Cancer, the
Young Survival Coalition, and the Inflammatory Breast Cancer Research Foundation.
Email info@mbcproject.org or go to their website to participate.
People have been buying pink items because they think their money is going to the cure for cancer. Unfortunately, much of
the money is not going to research. Survivors and their families have started campaigns, like Think Before You Pink.
Organizations like this raise awareness about breast cancer marketing and its potential pitfalls. Be sure you understand the
scope of donations to breast cancer support and research organizations if you purchase a pink product. If in doubt, dont be
afraid to ask questions about where raised funds actually go.
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