Breast Cancer:Metastatic Breast Cancer
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What You Need to Know
How to Spot the Symptoms of Metastatic and Recurrent Breast Cancer
The cancer is often discovered on a chest X-ray
The symptoms of metastatic and recurrent breast cancer depend on how much the cancer has spread. You may have specific physical symptoms, such as a lump in your breast or on your chest wall, bone pain, or... Read More
How to Treat Metastatic and Recurrent Breast Cancer
Where is it on your body and has it spread?
Decisions about how to treat metastatic or recurrent breast cancer are based on a combination of factors that include specific information about the cancer, your preferences, and your health... Read More
Home Treatment and Meeting Your Emotional Needs When You Have Metastatic Breast Cancer
No regrets; it's time to make new treatment decisions
If your breast cancer has come back, you may feel angry or frustrated and may second-guess your previous treatments. And you may lose hope. But some women live for many years, managing their cancer like a long-term health problem. The treatment decisions you and your doctor made in the past were the right ones at that time... Read More
ONLINE RESOURCES
7 Places to Go for Help With Metastatic Breast Cancer or End-of-Life Issues
- Site: BreastCancer.org
- Who it's for: Any woman with breast cancer
- Why we like it: With 49 active discussion topics—and hundreds of conversations within each—this message board is one of the Web’s busiest support destinations for breast cancer patients to share fears, frustrations, and questions with other women dealing with metastatic or recurrent breast cancer.
