This article was originally published on cancertodaymag.org on December 11, 2025 and was written by Kendall K. Morgan. Rethinking Brain Metastases With the option for targeted treatment and radiation, more people with stage IV cancer are being spared from whole-brain radiation. WHEN 37-YEAR-OLD SPEECH language pathologist Lianne Kraemer of Chicago was diagnosed with stage II […]
I discovered MBCBrainMets.org while searching for hope and education following my first brain mets diagnosis in the Fall of 2021. At that point, I had been living with HER2+ metastatic breast cancer for about eighteen months and had just reached a point of stability following my first line treatment. I was shocked to learn that […]
I was training for my 7th marathon in 2023 when I found out my stage IV cancer had spread again, this time to my brain. I found my brain mets by accident when they showed up on an unrelated MRI of my cervical spine. I had no symptoms and would not have known to ask […]
Topic: Proton Therapy
I like being a student. Learning is something I never get tired of. The work I did as an undergraduate student in a neuroscience lab, as well as getting my master’s degree in library science set me up to be a lifelong learner, but in a way, I did not expect. About six years after […]
Topics: Radiation Therapy for Leptomeningeal Disease
Topics: HER2 Low
Topic: LITT Procedure
Topic: Moving Through Progression while Maintaining Hope
The bad news In May of 2022, I was diagnosed with hormone-negative, HER2+ breast cancer. Almost every scan or study brought more bad news. The CT showed two small spots in my lungs, which the biopsy confirmed were metastases. I knew that cancer could metastasize to the brain, which was the one thing not getting […]
