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Why I Work to Bridge the Gap Between People With Cancer and Researchers

By Julia Maués originally published in ASCO's Cancer.Net blog on May 27, 2021 Voices on Cancer is an award-winning Cancer.Net Blog series...

Julia Maues

May 30, 20214 min read

Using White Privilege to Help End Disparities

By Julia Maués originally presented as an oral presentation at AACR Health Disparities in October 2020 Abstract Living with metastatic...

Julia Maues

Dec 1, 20202 min read

Call to Action

Words by Julia Maues and Christine Hodgdon The two of us are white women. We are living with metastatic breast cancer and engaged in...

Julia Maues

Mar 1, 20201 min read

Grasping Science Together

By Julia Maues and Christine Hodgdon originally published in Wildfire Magazine http://wildfirecommunity.org/ Most of us diagnosed with...

Julia Maues

Feb 25, 20203 min read

Cancer Treatment and Heart Health: The Tapestry of a Woman's Heart

" As if metastatic cancer wasn't enough, a few months into my diagnosis I developed heart problems caused by the drugs I had to take for...

Julia Maues

Oct 30, 20193 min read

Metastatic Breast Cancer on NPR

I was on NPR talking to Lulu Garcia Navarro about Metastatic Breast Cancer on October 13, Metastatic Breast Cancer Day. Dr. Filipa Lynce,...

Julia Maues

Oct 13, 20195 min read

Brain Metastasis: Emerging Treatments & Reasons to be Hopeful

Living with metastatic cancer means you'll meet many doctors (at least I hope you do because a 2nd opinion can sometimes save our lives)....

Julia Maues

Sep 25, 20191 min read

Young Mom with Metastatic Breast Cancer Fights for Other Patients

From Dana Farber's Insight Blog: Julia Maues was excited to find out she was pregnant — and then she was diagnosed with breast cancer....

Julia Maues

Jul 14, 20193 min read

How MBC advocacy has given meaning to my life

The first few years after my diagnosis with metastatic breast cancer, I did not connect with others with the disease and did not get...

Julia Maues

Mar 13, 20192 min read

Patients get a voice at DoD Breast Cancer Research Program

I am a "consumer reviewer" for the Department of Defense's Breast Cancer Research Program (BCRP), which means once a year I review a...

Julia Maues

Oct 26, 20182 min read

Why I Work to Bridge the Gap Between People With Cancer and Researchers

Using White Privilege to Help End Disparities

Call to Action

Grasping Science Together

Cancer Treatment and Heart Health: The Tapestry of a Woman's Heart

Metastatic Breast Cancer on NPR

Brain Metastasis: Emerging Treatments & Reasons to be Hopeful

Young Mom with Metastatic Breast Cancer Fights for Other Patients

How MBC advocacy has given meaning to my life

Patients get a voice at DoD Breast Cancer Research Program

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