Advanced Breast Cancer. Advanced breast cancer means that a cancer that began in the breast has spread to another part of the body. If your doctor has made a diagnosis of metastatic breast cancer this means that the cancer has advanced to what s known as stage 4.
Further treatment options at this point depend on several factors including previous treatments where the cancer is located and a woman s age general health and desire to continue getting treatment. From mammograms to living after treatment. Advanced breast cancer gives a voice to the side of breast cancer no one wants to hear about with stories of extraordinary ordinary people forced by circumstance to call on resources in themselves and their families they never knew they possessed.
Advanced breast cancer means that a cancer that began in the breast has spread to another part of the body.
She s an advanced oncology certified nurse and professor at the university of pittsburgh. But once we realized how advanced my cancer was i had the full genetic panel done. Dealing with breast cancer. This includes the liver lung or bones.
