What is metastatic cancer?

Written by Jameson Kowalczyk. Medically reviewed in October 2025 by Mark Arredondo, MD .

Updated on October 27, 2025

In this video, Tonya Echols Cole, MD, explains how metastatic breast cancer cells are identified in the body and how healthcare providers understand and approach the treatment of non-curable cancers.

Medically reviewed in July 2018.

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Mind your health: anxiety, depression, and cancer

Stress can trigger anxiety and depression, and cancer is extremely stressful itself.

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How is metastatic breast cancer treated?

In this video, Tonya Echols Cole, MD, discusses the encouraging medical advances that are enabling patients to live a longer life with a metastatic breast cancer diagnosis