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Metastatic breast cancer is a cancer that has spread to other areas of the body, as well as other organ systems. Once the cancer cells have spread, they continue to grow and multiply. In metastatic breast… More »
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Award-winning, breast cancer information and news resource. The term, metastatic, describes a cancer that has spread to distant organs from the original tumor site. Metastatic breast cancer is the most advanced stage (stage IV) of breast cancer.
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The Metastatic Breast Cancer Network (MBCN) is a national independent patient-led advocacy group dedicated to the unique concerns of the 155,000 women and men living with metastatic breast cancer, and the extimated 30% of those with primary breast cancer who face the possibility of recurrence and a stage 4 diagnosis.
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This means, for example, that if breast cancer spreads to the lungs, the metastatic tumor in the lung is made up of cancerous breast cells (not lung cells). In this case, the disease in the lungs is metastatic breast cancer (not lung cancer).
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Dose-Dense Chemotherapy Helped Patients with Metastatic Breast Cance Metastatic breast cancer, dose-dense chemotherapy, paclitaxel (Taxol®), trastuzumab (Herceptin®). (Definitions of many terms related to cancer can be found in the Cancer.gov Dictionary.)
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How to use the list Picture Trail (login: bcbeauties/bcmets) Where we Live...
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Metastatic Breast Cancer - Discover renewed hope in your life battle. Read how one woman found peace and joy in the midst of pain.
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Nov 26, 2008 We know you really don't want to be here, reading about breast cancer recurrence or metastasis. If you've had breast cancer, the possibility...
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The Patient Centered Guides Breast Cancer resource center has been created especially for those with metastatic breast cancer--individuals who have been initially diagnosed with Stage IV cancer, or who are facing a metastacized recurrence. Glossary of terms used in the diagnosis and treatment of metastatic breast cancer.
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A cancer which has spread from an initial (primary) site to another one. The tumor is called by the primary site (ex. breast cancer that has spread to the brain is called metastatic breast cancer to the brain).
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