by Alisa | Mar 1, 2026 | Advocacy Vol 3, Issue 1, Events Vol 3, Issue 1, Science Vol 3, Issue 1
Introduction: Evolution of a Paper Topic When selected as an Alamo Advocate Scholar by the Alamo Breast Cancer Foundation to attend the 2025 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS), I knew I’d be writing a paper on a topic of importance to Inflammatory Breast...
by Staci Roe | Mar 1, 2026 | Advocacy Vol 3, Issue 1, Events Vol 3, Issue 1
Monday I flew in from Omaha for my trip to SABCS 2025. Waking up at 3:30 in the morning is for the birds. I’m so grateful to the IBC Network Foundation for giving me the opportunity to attend again this year as a patient advocate. Three years in a row advocating...
by Rachel Ford | Mar 1, 2026 | Advocacy Vol 3, Issue 1
Attending the 2025 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS) as a patient advocate with The IBC Network Foundation was both an honor and a profoundly inspiring experience. As an individual personally impacted by Inflammatory Breast Cancer (IBC), it was deeply...
by Julia Laursen | Nov 28, 2025 | Advocacy, Advocacy Vol 2, Issue 3
Have you ever been driving somewhere using GPS when suddenly the road is closed ahead and the GPS refuses to reroute? A cancer diagnosis is a lot like that. One minute you’re cruising, belting out your favorite song, and the next you’re standing on the side of the...
by Doris Cardwell | Nov 26, 2025 | Advocacy, Advocacy Vol 2, Issue 3, Survivorship, Survivorship Vol 2, Issue 3
My life and the life of my family changed in 2007, when we learned I had Inflammatory Breast Cancer. I was 38 years old and my nurse had never heard of it. The surgeon I saw in rural Nebraska said he had seen four cases in his lifetime of practice. He assured me I...
