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Janice Cowden: The annual Stage 4 METAvivor Stampede

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Oct 17, 2024, 15:06

Janice Cowden: The annual Stage 4 METAvivor Stampede

Janice Cowden shared a post on X:

“Last week nearly 100 women and men marched to the Capitol, for the annual Stage 4 METAvivor Stampede, advocating with our state legislators asking them to pass legislation and fund research benefiting people dx with metastatic breast cancer.

We remembered friends and loved ones who’ve died from MBC, approximately 117 every day in the US.”

Conni T shared this post, adding:

“Thank you Janice! It’s really hard to believe that we are still trying to get this passed after so many years. It’s just common decency.”

Janice Cowden: The annual Stage 4 METAvivor Stampede

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Janice Cowden is a former nurse, cancer patient and advocate. She was diagnosed with stage I triple-negative early-stage breast cancer in 2011; later, Janice was diagnosed with metastatic disease in 2016. She became a Living Beyond Breast Cancer Hear My Voice (HMV) Advocate in 2017 and continues to serve as a Helpline Volunteer.

Janice works with several patient-founded and -led organizations including PCDI, GRASP, and Project Life MBC. As a trained peer support volunteer, she is founder of an international online peer support group for patients newly diagnosed with MBC.

She serves on the Board of Directors for METAvivor Research and Support, Inc., and is an Advisory Board member for Project Life MBC. In 2022, she attended ASCO as a patient advocate scholarship recipient. In October 2022, she was invited to serve as a lead patient advocate, representing PCDI, on a research study with ASCO.