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The fight for equitable healthcare goes to Congress. Plus, we meet the next generation of breast cancer activists.
Relevant Resources:
Leslie’s Week
METAvivor - Political advocacy work
Tigerlily Foundation - Political Advocacy Work
Tigerlily Foundation - RAISE
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Because of years of being delayed, dismissed, and denied, metastatic patients have had to become the experts in their own care. With the help of doctors and researchers, these patients are now changing the healthcare system from the inside out.
Relevant Resources:
Tigerlily Foundation - Barriers Toolkit
Storm Riders Network - Christine’s Database for Clinical Trials
The BECOME Project - Stephanie Walker’s Study
Trials of Color - Sharon Riveria-Sanchez’s Org
METAvivor - Research - Exciting MBC research made possible by METAvivor grants
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For decades, only one type of patient has been represented in the breast cancer awareness movement. In this episode, we learn the consequences of this representation gap and meet patients who are flipping the script.
Relevant Resources: METAvivor - Health Disparities in MBC
Tigerlily Foundation - Barriers Toolkit
Tigerlily Foundation - My Life
Shonte Drakeford - My Life, My Legacy
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Christine was told she was too young. Garry didn’t even think it was possible. And Shonte pushed for six years before her doctors took her seriously.
As of 2023, there is no cure for Metastatic Breast Cancer — also known as MBC. And so, the people most in need often are left behind. Their care is delayed, their concerns are dismissed, and their futures are denied.
Denied tells the stories of the people who are fighting to change this - to build a more equitable healthcare system, end racial health disparities, and find a cure.
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