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Video: Melanie Sisk, RN: Breast Cancer Patient Story: Biomarkers & Targeted Decisions in Breast Cancer Treatment

"Clinical trials are not your last resort, they're a good way to get medications approved."


Hear from Melanie Sisk, RN, Breast Cancer Survivor and Patient Advocate about her Breast Cancer story and the role of targeted decisions for breast cancer in this video recorded during the Lunch, Learn & Live event held on May 21, 2024 at the Graylyn Estates in Winston-Salem, NC, co-hosted with Cancer Services.



About the Speaker: Melanie Sisk is a Metastatic Breast Cancer Patient Advocate and has been living with Metastatic Breast Cancer for almost four years. She co-founded a local support group called Piedmont Triad METsters. Melanie is a trained volunteer with Cancer Services, Inc. and Light Up MBC State Captain for METAvivor. She is a Living Beyond Breast Cancer 2023 Hear My Voice MBC leadership alumna, a mentor with Project Life, and an individual member of the Metastatic Breast Cancer Alliance. She also serves on the MBC Leadership Committee for Surviving Breast Cancer. Melanie’s goal is to empower and support others living with MBC.


The Lunch, Learn & Live event was made possible in-part by grants from Lilly and Foundation Medicine.


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