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Advanced breast cancer—also known as metastatic breast cancer and stage 4 breast cancer—means that a patient’s tumor has spread to other tissues and organs in the body. In a majority of cases, breast cancer spreads to the bones, liver, lungs, or even brain. The spread of a breast tumor...
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It is more than expected to be riddled with questions upon learning that you have advanced breast cancer—also known as metastatic breast cancer or stage IV cancer. The purpose of any advanced breast cancer treatment is to lengthen patients’ survival time, as well as improve their quality of life....
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As medical experts gain a more thorough understanding of how variations in cancer cells lead them to replicate uncontrollably, they formulate and design new medications that directly address these cellular variations. The purpose of these new targeted therapies is to inhibit the growth as well as their ability to spread...
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Up to 80% of all cases of breast cancer are classified as ER-positive. In this type of breast cancer, the tumour forms as a reaction to the production of estrogen. Up to 65% of these types of cancer are also classified as PR-positive. In the case of a PR-positive...
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() is a drug found to potentially be effective in the treatment of certain kinds of breast cancer. is an immune checkpoint inhibitor, which is an immunotherapy. Immunotherapy medications use the immune system to attack cancer cells. Most immunotherapies use either a naturally made (in your body) substance or a...
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IBRANCE (palbociclib) is an oral formulation that treats metastatic breast cancers that have maintained disease progression post endocrine therapy. Breast cancer is the carcinoma of the breast tissue, either ductal or lobular. In ductal carcinomas, the tubes of the breast that carry milk to the nipple are affected. For...
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A diagnosis of breast cancer can be enormously overwhelming and frightening for anyone. But when the diagnosis is metastatic breast cancer, the fear can be staggering. This type of cancer is defined as breast cancer that has spread from the breast – the original site of the tumor –...
Advanced breast cancer—also known as metastatic breast cancer and stage 4 breast cancer—means that a patient’s tumor has spread to other tissues and organs in the body. In a majority of cases, breast cancer spreads to the bones, liver, lungs, or even brain. The spread of a breast tumor...
It is more than expected to be riddled with questions upon learning that you have advanced breast cancer—also known as metastatic breast cancer or stage IV cancer. The purpose of any advanced breast cancer treatment is to lengthen patients’ survival time, as well as improve their quality of life....
As medical experts gain a more thorough understanding of how variations in cancer cells lead them to replicate uncontrollably, they formulate and design new medications that directly address these cellular variations. The purpose of these new targeted therapies is to inhibit the growth as well as their ability to spread...
Up to 80% of all cases of breast cancer are classified as ER-positive. In this type of breast cancer, the tumour forms as a reaction to the production of estrogen. Up to 65% of these types of cancer are also classified as PR-positive. In the case of a PR-positive...
() is a drug found to potentially be effective in the treatment of certain kinds of breast cancer. is an immune checkpoint inhibitor, which is an immunotherapy. Immunotherapy medications use the immune system to attack cancer cells. Most immunotherapies use either a naturally made (in your body) substance or a...
IBRANCE (palbociclib) is an oral formulation that treats metastatic breast cancers that have maintained disease progression post endocrine therapy. Breast cancer is the carcinoma of the breast tissue, either ductal or lobular. In ductal carcinomas, the tubes of the breast that carry milk to the nipple are affected. For...
A diagnosis of breast cancer can be enormously overwhelming and frightening for anyone. But when the diagnosis is metastatic breast cancer, the fear can be staggering. This type of cancer is defined as breast cancer that has spread from the breast – the original site of the tumor –...