I am 48 and am being treated for metastatic breast cancer. Despite my diagnosis, I live a fairly normal life, am physically active and strive to optimize my health from a noncancer standpoint. An acquaintance who works in ...
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Giving standard chemotherapy drugs in a specific sequence for some types of metastatic breast cancer can help reduce overall costs and improve the value of care while preserving quality of life, according to a study led by ...
Sep 13, 2022
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Patients who received trastuzumab deruxtecan (T-DXd) for human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-low metastatic breast cancer reported that the treatment maintained their quality of life (QoL) compared to conventional ...
Sep 12, 2022
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Despite advancements in cancer detection and treatment, breast cancer that comes back or spreads still presents a challenge to researchers and oncologists.
Sep 6, 2022
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One woman is diagnosed with breast cancer every 14 seconds somewhere around the globe—based on data showing that an approximate 2.3 million women worldwide were newly diagnosed with breast cancer in 2020.
Aug 16, 2022
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The death of Australian superstar Olivia Newton-John has drawn attention to an often misunderstood stage of breast cancer—metastatic breast cancer.
Aug 11, 2022
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When cancer cells break away from the original tumor in metastatic—stage IV—breast cancer, they usually spread to the bones, liver or lungs. A new study, associated with the MetEpiStem project, describes what happens ...
Jul 13, 2022
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Two new innovations could make it easier for doctors to decipher when cancers that impact women are present and need urgent attention:
Jul 6, 2022
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Breast cancers with HER2 mutations respond to the drug neratinib, but the responses are variable and often not durable. Looking to better understand the underlying cause of this variation, a team led by researchers at Baylor ...
Jun 23, 2022
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A novel, automated liquid biopsy test in development by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center can accurately detect the presence of cancer DNA in the blood of patients with metastatic breast cancer within ...
Jun 23, 2022
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