Scientific progress can’t help people if they can’t access care

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Scientific advances have produced therapies that allow some people with metastatic breast cancer to live longer and better. We want that progress to continue, and we will continue to fight for the right research necessary to achieve it. 

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Frances M. Visco, JD
President, National Breast Cancer Coalition
Michelle Tregear
Chief programs officer, National Breast Cancer Coalition
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