What Support, Events, and Information Does LBBC Offer?

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Living Beyond Breast Cancer (LBBC) is a national nonprofit that connects people affected by breast cancer with trusted information and a community of support. Its site, lbbc.org, organizes that support into four main areas: a helpline you can call to talk with someone, an online community called Flourish, a calendar of in-person and virtual events, and a stream of blogs, news, and personal stories. If you are looking for a specific entry point — someone to talk to, a peer community, an event, or plain-language information — the sections below map each one.

Talk to someone: the Breast Cancer Helpline

If you want to speak with a person rather than read, LBBC runs a Breast Cancer Helpline staffed by people who are "ready to listen." The site presents it as the direct answer to the question "Ready to talk?" and pairs it with volunteer opportunities for those who want to give back by offering that same support to others.

This is the fastest route if your need is emotional or immediate rather than informational.

Join a peer community: Flourish

Flourish is LBBC's free online community for people impacted by breast cancer. According to the site, members can:

  • Ask questions
  • Share experiences
  • Celebrate milestones
  • Connect with people who understand — "anytime, anywhere"

The emphasis is on real conversations and real support rather than a static forum. If you want ongoing peer contact between appointments, this is the intended starting point.

Find resources by where you are in the journey

LBBC's practical resources are organized around the breast cancer timeline, so you can go straight to the stage that matches your situation instead of reading everything:

Timeline entry Who it's for
High risk / Concerned People with elevated risk or awaiting answers
Recently Diagnosed Those new to a diagnosis
In Treatment People currently undergoing treatment
Living with Metastatic Breast Cancer People with metastatic disease
Post-active Treatment Those finished with active treatment
Survivorship Longer-term survivors

You can also search by keyword, or filter for specific communities: young people with breast cancer, Black people with breast cancer, LGBTQ+ people with breast cancer, men with breast cancer, and family & friends. Healthcare providers have their own entry point as well.

Attend an event

LBBC's events calendar mixes fundraising, community, and education. Listed events include:

  • 2026 Living Beyond Breast Cancer Summit
  • LBBC Pickups for Breast Cancer
  • 2026 Butterfly Ball
  • Thriving Together: 2027 Conference on Metastatic Breast Cancer

The metastatic breast cancer conference is the most clearly education-focused of these; the others lean toward community and fundraising. Check the events page for dates, locations, and registration, since these change year to year.

Read blogs, news, and personal stories

Two content streams keep the site current:

Blogs cover lived experience and coping — for example, a first-person piece on learning to live, love, and let yourself be held, a reflection on how saying "You look good" can hurt, and a conversation about laughing beyond breast cancer with a comedian.

News translates research and clinical guidance into practical terms. Recent items include questions to ask your healthcare team about menopause after breast cancer, what to know about menopause and breast cancer, and ASCO 2026 coverage on better testing and new treatment options, plus reducing recurrence risk and improving quality of life in survivorship.

Personal stories show how others have navigated specific decisions. Klara's story follows a young mother whose diagnosis led to uncovering a hereditary ATM gene mutation, and whose adult daughter is now navigating her own increased risk — a case study in genetic testing and informed choices across generations. Christina's story describes leaving a tech career after a metastatic diagnosis and finding new purpose through clinical trials.

Which entry point fits your situation

  • You need to talk to someone now → Breast Cancer Helpline
  • You want ongoing peer connection → Flourish
  • You want information matched to your stage → the timeline search on the resources page
  • You want to meet people in person or online → the events calendar
  • You want to read before deciding anything → blogs, news, and personal stories

All of these are reachable from lbbc.org's main navigation, and the site's own framing — "We're in it together" — reflects that the helpline, community, events, and content are meant to work as one support system rather than separate products.