What is metastatic breast cancer?
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Metastatic breast cancer refers to breast cancer that has spread to organs outside of the breast. As with many other types of cancer, breast cancer can spread, or "metastasize," to multiple different organs throughout the body. However, the most common sites that breast cancer spreads to are the lymph nodes, the bones, the liver, the lungs, and the brain.
Robert A. Wascher, MD, FACS
Author, "A Cancer Prevention Guide for the Human Race"
http://doctorwascher.comMetastatic breast cancer refers to breast cancer that has spread to organs outside of the breast. As with many other types of cancer, breast cancer can spread, or "metastasize," to multiple different organs throughout the body. However, the most... More -
Metastatic breast cancer occurs when cancer cells spread to another part of the body. Breast cancer can be metastatic at the time of diagnosis, or following treatment. Cancer cells can travel through the bloodstream and spread to other organs and parts of the body.
The most common sites of metastases are the breast or area where the breast used to be, the chest wall, the lymph nodes, the bones, the lungs or around the lungs, the liver or the brain. If you have been treated for breast cancer and now have cancer cells in any of these areas, it is most likely breast cancer that has spread.
Metastatic breast cancer is different from recurrent breast cancer. Recurrent breast cancer is cancer that returns to the same part of the same breast after treatment, rather than to other parts of the body. When cancer develops in the second breast, it is almost always a new cancer, not a recurrence.
Metastatic breast cancer occurs when cancer cells spread to another part of the body. Breast cancer can be metastatic at the time of diagnosis, or following treatment. Cancer cells can travel through the bloodstream and spread to other... More -
Johns Hopkins Medicine answered:If you have metastatic breast cancer that means your cancer is spreading from your breast and lymph nodes to other parts of your body. Organs most commonly affected include the lungs, liver, bones and/or brain. This type of breast cancer is also referred to as stage IV breast cancer.
Generally, breast cancer spreads after the disease presents itself once and your doctors attempt to treat it with surgery or other therapies. The cancer returns as a distant recurrence, meaning the cancer reappears but in a different part of the body. Unfortunately, there is no direct cure for metastatic breast cancer. The cancer must be managed as a chronic disease.
If you have metastatic breast cancer that means your cancer is spreading from your breast and lymph nodes to other parts of your body. Organs most commonly affected include the lungs, liver, bones and/or brain. This type of breast cancer is also... More -
Dr. Stuart Linder answered:Metastatic breast cancer is associated with lymphatic or hematogenous spread of the breast cancer from your breast to lymph nodes or other parts of the body, which may include bone, brain, lungs, liver. Metastatic spreading of breast cancer reduces survivability and also increased recurrence of the tumor. It may also make it more difficult to treat with chemotherapy, radiation, lymphadenectomies, and Tamoxifen therapy.
Metastatic breast cancer is associated with lymphatic or hematogenous spread of the breast cancer from your breast to lymph nodes or other parts of the body, which may include bone, brain, lungs, liver. Metastatic spreading of breast cancer... More -
Dr. Ajay Sahajpal of Aurora Health Care answered:Cancers, by definition, invade and spread. Metastatic breast cancer refers to the spread of a primary malignant breast tumor to elsewhere in the body like the liver, brain, lung or bone.
Cancers, by definition, invade and spread. Metastatic breast cancer refers to the spread of a primary malignant breast tumor to elsewhere in the body like the liver, brain, lung or bone. More -
Suzanne Mahon of Honor Society of Nursing (STTI) answered:Metastatic breast cancer occurs when the cancerous cells from the breast move to other areas of the body most commonly to bone, lung, and/or liver. It is a serious complication of breast cancer. Often treatments are mainly limited to palliation or making the patient comfortable. On the pathology report it might be called Stage IV breast cancer; this diagnosis indicates that cancer cells have spread beyond the breast and nearby lymph nodes to other parts of the body.
Metastatic breast cancer occurs when the cancerous cells from the breast move to other areas of the body most commonly to bone, lung, and/or liver. It is a serious complication of breast cancer. Often treatments are mainly limited to palliation or... More -
Dr. Devon Webster answered:Medical Oncologist Dr. Devon Webster explains metastatic breast cancer. Watch Dr. Webster's video for tips and information on cancer.
Medical Oncologist Dr. Devon Webster explains metastatic breast cancer. Watch Dr. Webster's video for tips and information on cancer. More -
Dr. Steven Eisenberg answered:Metastatic breast cancer (MBC, or stage IV breast cancer) is a cancer that originated in the breast and unfortunately has spread to a distant site in the body, such as the liver, lungs or bone.Metastatic breast cancer (MBC, or stage IV breast cancer) is a cancer that originated in the breast and unfortunately has spread to a distant site in the body, such as the liver, lungs or bone. More -
Dr. Shelby Terstriep of Sanford Health answered:Metastatic breast cancer is cancer that originated in the breast cells but then escaped that area through the lymph system and/or blood system and "set up shop" in other parts of the body like the bone, liver, lungs, brain.Metastatic breast cancer is cancer that originated in the breast cells but then escaped that area through the lymph system and/or blood system and "set up shop" in other parts of the body like the bone, liver, lungs, brain. More -
Dr. Brian McKinley of Greenville Health System answered:Metastatic is the medical adjective to describe things, usually cancers, which have spread to another part of the body. Most often, the phrase “metastatic breast cancer” refers to a Stage 4 breast cancer that has spread to another organ in the body. This is the most advanced stage of breast cancer.
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Metastatic is the medical adjective to describe things, usually cancers, which have spread to another part of the body. Most often, the phrase “metastatic breast cancer” refers to a Stage 4 breast cancer that has spread to another organ... More
