My story: metastatic breast cancer


LearnCancerRacial disparities and triple negative metastatic breast cancerMy story: metastatic breast cancer

Deltra shares what she has learned—and what she hopes others can learn—about metastatic breast cancer in women of color.

Written by Jameson Kowalczyk.
Medically reviewed by Joanne Perron, MD, MPH.
Updated onAugust, 2026
Written by Jameson Kowalczyk.
Medically reviewed by Joanne Perron, MD, MPH.
Updated onAugust, 2026

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What is triple-negative breast cancer?
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What is triple-negative breast cancer?

Knowing that breast cancer is triple-negative can help predict what treatments might be effective or ineffective.

What are the biomarkers for metastatic breast cancer?
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What are the biomarkers for metastatic breast cancer?

How hormone receptors and HER2 status may influence treatment decisions for metastatic breast cancer.

How does breast cancer metastasize?
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How does breast cancer metastasize?

Learn how cancer cells spread from tumors in the breasts to other locations in the body.

Continuing to work when you have metastatic breast cancer
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Continuing to work when you have metastatic breast cancer

Seven things people with metastatic breast cancer should consider when making decisions about work.

How to show support to a friend with metastatic breast cancer
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How to show support to a friend with metastatic breast cancer

Learn ways to help to someone living with this incurable condition.

Support groups for metastatic breast cancer
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Support groups for metastatic breast cancer

Learn how to find support from other people who are living with metastatic breast cancer.

Racial disparities, mortality rates, and breast cancer
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Racial disparities, mortality rates, and breast cancer

Black women are more likely to die from breast cancer than women of other races. Here’s what we know and don’t know.

Should black women be screened for breast cancer at younger ages?
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Should black women be screened for breast cancer at younger ages?

Learn why breast cancer screenings make a difference to mortality rates and what this means for Black women in the U.S.

Ask the experts: metastatic breast cancer
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Ask the experts: metastatic breast cancer

In the United States, women of color have higher rates of metastatic breast cancer than white women.

One-to-one: metastatic breast cancer
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One-to-one: metastatic breast cancer

Women of color face many challenges when it comes to diagnosing and treating metastatic breast cancer.

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