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Its a sad fact that these days, nearly everyone knows someone whos hadbreast cancer.

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The colors of the metastatic breast cancer ribbon will light up the world in October.

MBC is the only form of breast cancer that kills.

There is often a misconception there is a cure for breast cancer.

We want to share with anyone who will listen that there is not.

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Im starkly aware of that and desperately want to find a cure for metastatic breast cancer.

Cancer diagnoses are happening younger and younger, she says.

What happened to me isnt unheard of anymore.

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As a nurse, she knew her injury should be healing more quickly.

She was only 32.

She fought the disease for four years, passing away at age 36.

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A working mom by day, Inahara began sitting down each night to work on expanding #LightUpMBC.

The campaign is designed to educate, inspire and raise critical funds for MBC research, Bowling says.

October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

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