In an effort to identify factors leading to long-term survival of metastatic breast cancer, Mark Burkard, MD, PhD, associate professor, Hematology, Medical Oncology and Palliative Care, is launching an international study of patients who have survived …
Month: May 2018
Wisconsin Study Seeks ‘Extreme Survivors’ of Metastatic Breast Cancer
Some patients can live for years, and even decades, after breast cancer has spread to their bones and other tissues. A new international study is looking for patients with metastatic breast cancer in hopes of unlocking the …
UW Health nurse reaches out to breast cancer patients as she battles the disease herself
MADISON, Wis. – Susan G. Komen has poured $160 million into metastatic breast cancer research since its founding. The Stage IV cancer, right now, can’t be cured. But you’d never recognize some of the people living …