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You are invited to an MBC Alliance Members-only Zoom webinar. 

Advance registration is required!

When: April 25, 2023 12:00 Noon Eastern Time (US and Canada) 

Topic: Patient-centered Dosing Initiative | Welcome to the MBCA Family

Advocating for a better quality of life for people living with Metastatic Breast Cancer through Patient-centered Dosing.

The PCDI, an MBC patient-led initiative recently brought under the Alliance umbrella, encourages physicians and patients to jointly discuss dosages upon treatment initiation and throughout treatment, taking into account the patient’s personal wishes and unique characteristics such as age, availability of at-home care, history of side effects and more. Most MBC treatments are generally provided in a range of dosages. When starting a treatment, patients are usually placed on the standard (highest) dose – which can cause the most side effects.

Once a patient experiences significant side effects, their doctor may reduce the dose or frequency of the treatment to ease the patient’s side effects. Although additional data is warranted, recent evidence regarding several MBC drugs has shown that prescribing approved reduced drug doses may not decrease effectiveness.

Join us for a webinar targeted specifically to our nonprofit and individual advocate members to learn more about the initiative from PCDI patient advocate Martha Carlson — how it came about, the incredible work that the team has already done, and how it has now become a project of the Alliance.

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Looking forward to seeing you on April 25.

Medha

Medha Deoras-Sutliff

Project Management Consultant

MBC Alliance

Webinar Speaker

Martha Carlson

MBCA Independent Patient Advocate

Martha has spent most of her professional life focused on communication, as a writer, editor, and proofreader. Diagnosed with de novo metastatic breast cancer at 50 years old and with three pre-teen and teen children, she turned to writing to help process this sudden heartbreaking change to her present and future. Through those published pieces, she found the world of formal metastatic breast cancer advocacy.

In 2017, she was part of Living Beyond Breast Cancer’s Hear My Voice class, returning in 2018 as an HMV mentor. Martha went through Project LEAD with the National Breast Cancer Coalition, has been a patient advocate mentor for GRASP, and has lobbied and reviewed LOIs for Metavivor, among other advocacy activities. She continues to write regularly for Cure magazine as a Voices contributor and has written for other publications and sites about her experience living with metastatic cancer.