The Tennessee General Assembly has designated July as Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness Month in Tennessee. To highlight the importance of the issue, patients, caregivers and advocates in Middle Tennessee will join together for a kickoff event on Tuesday, June 27 at 11:30 a.m. in Nashville called Thriving Together: Living Beyond Metastatic Breast Cancer.

Thriving Together: Living Beyond Metastatic Breast Cancer

Tennessee Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness Month kickoff event

Tuesday, June 27 at 11:30 a.m. CDT

Fleming's • 2525 West End Avenue • Nashville, TN 37203

The keynote speaker for the event is Beth Fairchild, president of METAvivor Research and Support, a non-profit organization dedicated to increasing the awareness of advanced breast cancer and equity in research and patient support. Beth is living with metastatic breast cancer and is also a mother and tattoo professional. Following her remarks, Beth will moderate a panel with health care professionals to discuss key issues around metastatic breast cancer.

Panelists:

Denise A. Yardley, MD, senior investigator, Sarah Cannon & principal investigator, Breast Cancer Research

Nancy Peacock, MD, medical oncologist, Tennessee Oncology

Lee Schwartzberg MD, executive director, West Cancer Center & chief of the Division of Hematology/Oncology at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center