The Metastatic Breast Cancer Project (2016)

Описание: The Metastatic Breast Cancer Project

The MBC Project leverages direct-to-patient engagement via social media as a means for partnering directly with individuals who otherwise might never have the opportunity to contribute to research. By empowering patients to share tumor samples and clinical information, regardless of their where in the U.S. they live, the MBC Project is democratizing research and accelerating the pace of discovery.

Of the 200,000 women and men diagnosed with breast cancer in the U.S. each year, an estimated 30% will develop metastatic breast cancer. And although progress has been made in treating breast cancer, MBC remains incurable, with more than 40,000 patients dying from the disease in the U.S. each year. The MBC Project seeks to transform the understanding of metastatic breast cancer by interpreting individual tumor genomes and medical records from patients and using that insight to make discoveries that could lead to new treatments.

To date, more than 2,500 men and women with metastatic breast cancer have enrolled to share their samples, their clinical information, and their voices.

For more information visit: www.MBCProject.org

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