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Breast Cancer Recommended Resources

Learn about experiences of other breast cancer patients.

General Breast Cancer

Personal Stories (Breastcancer.org)
Stories from breastcancer.org community members, grouped by traits such as cancer type and treatment type.
Breast Cancer Survivor Stories (SHARE)
Patient stories from SHARE, which provides support for women facing breast and ovarian cancers.

Early-stage

Nancy's Point
A stage 2b breast cancer blogs about her personal experience with diagnosis, treatment, survivorship, and being brca2+. She also advocates for metastatic breast cancer awareness.

Advanced/Metastatic

Patient Voices (Metavivor)
Patients offer their personal perspectives on living with stage 4 breast cancer.
Dedicated Women with Metastatic Breast Cancer (One Woman Many Lakes)
Short stories from metastatic breast cancer patients affiliated with the fundraising endeavor One Woman Many Lakes.

Triple-negative

Spotlight Stories (Triple Negative Breast Cancer Foundation)
Real stories from real women diagnosed with triple-negative breast cancer.
Triple-negative breast cancer survivor finds hope with clinical trial (MD Anderson Cancerwise)
An MD Anderson patient shares her story and lessons learned.

HER2-positive

HER2+ breast cancer survivor shares hope (MD Anderson Cancerwise)
Short story about a HER2+ breast cancer survivor of more than 15 years who is now an MD Anderson volunteer.

Inflammatory

Stories of Hope (The IBC Network Foundation)
A collection of personal stories from patients diagnosed with inflammatory breast cancer.