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Ask the experts: metastatic breast cancer prevention

Written by Michael Gollust. Medically reviewed in February 2023 by Joanne Perron, MD.

Updated on October 23, 2024.

Having had breast cancer previously puts you at risk for metastatic breast cancer. In this video, Darria Long Gillespie, MD, explains some of the ways to reduce the chance of breast cancer coming back.

Medically reviewed in June 2018.

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