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Ask the experts: metastatic breast cancer symptoms

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

Updated on October 22, 2024.

When breast cancer metastasizes, it spreads to other parts of the body, such as the lungs, bones or brain. In this video, Darria Long Gillespie, MD, discusses the pain and other symptoms that occur with metastatic breast cancer.

Medically reviewed in June 2018.

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