Front Row Seat: Dr. Fatima Cardoso on Aiming Higher - Hope and the Road to a Cure

In this episode of Life from Stage IV, host Victoria Goldberg sits down with Dr. Fátima Cardoso, Breast oncologist and president of the ABC Global Alliance, to unpack a landmark decade of progress — and confront what still needs to change.The ABC Global Alliance's 10-year global report is out, and the findings are both encouraging and sobering. Survival rates have improved. Patient advocacy has grown stronger. Quality-of-life research is finally catching up. But healthcare inequalities have actually worsened,vnot just between countries, but within them, and only 10% of cancer patients worldwide are enrolled in clinical trials.Dr. Cardoso and Victoria discuss:Why HER2-positive patients are living 10–15+ years with metastatic disease, and what that means for the possibility of a cureThe growing divide between what's available in wealthy countries versus everywhere elseThe fight to move clinical trials beyond progression-free survival toward overall survivalWhy we still don't know how many people are living with metastatic breast cancer — and what Australia's groundbreaking count revealedThe new quality-of-life tool being developed specifically for metastatic patientsThe charter for the next decade: what the global community is committing to from 2025–2035This is a conversation about hard truths, hard-won victories, and a movement that refuses to settle for less.Thanks for listening. If you enjoyed the episode, subscribe and leave a review — it really helps. Follow us on social media @livefromstage4 and visit our website at www.livefromstage4.org for show notes and links. Your support helps us continue to share important stories and advocate for those living with metastatic breast cancer.Until next time, take care and keep pushing for progress.