National Metastatic Breast Cancer 2024 is here. I’ve got a lot going on today. The first and most important thing I will do today is church where I am playing piano and also delivering the message. It’s based on Job 23 and I will share more on that another day.
I want to show you what metastatic breast is.
Today, 117 people in this country will die from metastatic breast cancer.
The five year survival rate stands an 22%. It’s been five years, 2 months, 20 days for me.
Despite the dire facts surrounding the disease, for each $1 million spent on breast cancer research, only about $20,000 (2%) goes toward metastatic research. A number of leading metastasis researchers believe the stage IV patient situation could be significantly improved if the research were more fairly funded, but at 2% this will not happen.
We need research dollars.
I had never heard of metastatic breast cancer until I was diagnosed. We need awareness.
I am not in control. 