Marcia Beck, APRN, BC, CLT-LANA
Ms. Beck is a certified lymphedema therapist and clinical nurse specialist. She is coordinator of the women’s breast center at Truman Medical Centers in Kansas City, Mo.
- Learn
- What is Breast Cancer?
- Signs and Symptoms
- Testing
- Types of Breast Cancer
- DCIS and LCIS
- Hormone Receptor-Positive
- HER2-Positive
- Triple-Negative
- Metastatic
- Diagnosis and Testing
- Bone Metastases
- Brain Metastases
- Liver Metastases
- Lung Metastases
- Treatments and Research
- Being in Treatment for Life
- Complementary and integrative medicine
- Goals of Treatment
- Making Treatment Decisions Throughout Your Care
- Clinical Trials for MBC
- Metastatic Trial Search
- Hormonal Therapy for MBC
- Targeted Therapy for MBC
- Chemotherapy For MBC
- Radiation Therapy for MBC
- Surgery for MBC
- Yoga and MBC
- Side Effects
- Bone Health and MBC
- Bone Pain and MBC
- Chemobrain
- Hair Loss and MBC
- Hand-Foot Syndrome and MBC
- Heart Health and MBC
- Insomnia and Fatigue and MBC
- Menopausal Symptoms and MBC
- Mouth Sores and MBC
- Nail and Skin Changes and MBC
- Nausea and Vomiting and MBC
- Neuropathy and MBC
- Neutropenia and MBC
- Pain and MBC
- Sexual Side Effects
- Sexual side effects
- Living With Metastatic Breast Cancer
- Stress and Anxiety
- Metastatic Breast Cancer & Diet
- Self-Care for Stress and Anxiety
- Coping With Stress in Relationships
- Exercise
- Fertility and Metastatic Breast Cancer
- Intimacy and Sexuality
- Anxiety & Depression
- Navigating Finances
- Understanding Health Insurance
- Work/Life Balance
- Money, Insurance & Career
- Feelings of Loss
- Building Your Community of Support
- Talking With Family
- How to support a loved one with MBC
- Inflammatory
- Lobular
- Treatments and Research
- Getting a Second Opinion
- Preparing for treatment
- Surgery
- Breast Reconstruction
- Chemotherapy
- Radiation Therapy
- Targeted Therapy
- Hormonal Therapy
- Immunotherapy
- Clinical Trials
- Biosimilars
- Complementary Therapy
- Yoga and Breast Cancer
- Side Effects
- Anemia
- Bone Loss
- Bone Pain
- Chemobrain
- Diarrhea
- Fear of Recurrence
- Fertility
- Hair Loss
- Hand-Foot Syndrome
- Heart Health
- High Cholesterol
- Insomnia and Fatigue
- Lymphedema
- Menopausal Symptoms
- Mouth Sores
- Nail and Skin Changes
- Nausea and Vomiting
- Neuropathy
- Neutropenia
- Pain
- Secondary Cancers
- Sexual Side Effects
- Weight Gain
- Weight Loss
- Living With Breast Cancer
- Body Image
- Bone Health Basics
- Diet, Nutrition and Exercise
- Emotional Health
- Fear of Recurrence
- Fertility and Breast Cancer
- Genetics and Family Risk
- Job and Financial Concerns
- Financial matters
- Breast Cancer and the Workplace
- Telling Employers and Coworkers About Your Diagnosis
- Work Accommodations and Disability Benefits
- Managing hidden costs
- Getting Organized for Health Insurance
- Private, State and Federal Insurance
- Understanding your health insurance
- Dealing With a Claim Denial
- Other Ways to Get Insurance
- Financial Planning
- What is the ACA?
- Sex and Intimacy
- Birth Control and Breast Cancer
- Maintaining Sexual Life
- If You Feel Pain During Sex
- Sexual Side Effects
- Body Image and Sexuality
- Improving Sexual Health With Medical Approaches
- Improving Sexual Health With Self Care
- Talking With Your Partner About Sex and Intimacy
- Talking With Your Healthcare Team About Sex and Intimacy
- Signs of Recurrence
- Survivorship Care Plans
- Learning from Others
- Additional Resources
- Get Support
- How You Can Help
- News & Opinion