Living With Metastatic Cancer

An estimated 330 000 people are living with bone metastases in the united states.

Living with metastatic cancer.

What advice she d give other patients the big thing i d tell someone is to listen to your gut about your doctor if you don t feel a member of your healthcare team is the right fit get a new one she says. Living well with metastatic breast cancer from the webmd archives not long ago the main goal of treating metastatic breast cancer meaning the disease has spread well beyond the breast was. Living under that pressure can be. If you are living with metastatic breast cancer it s possible that at some point you will feel alone or isolated.

Bone metastasis occurs when cancer cells break away from the original tumor and spread to the bones where they begin to multiply. Metastatic breast cancer patients are on a treatment as long as it works says parker anderson a medical family therapist at duke cancer institute. Find out about prognosis and life expectancy at this stage. Living 10 or more years isn t unheard of and the 10 year survival rate for primary or de novo metastatic breast cancer is around 13 percent.

Here you will find tailored information and resources to help you face your diagnosis understand the treatment. Family members who you thought you could count on may not be able to deal with the seriousness of the. And it s not clear why some cancers travel to the bones rather than to other common sites for metastasis such as the liver. This section of lbbc org is dedicated to addressing your needs.

Living with metastatic disease when diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer managing your disease becomes your new reality. Doctors aren t sure what causes some cancers to spread. This rate is based on de novo cases or cases in which stage 4 was the initial diagnosis. The american cancer society acs can help you connect with others in your area who have bone metastases or with.

Metastatic or stage 4 breast cancer means the cancer has spread to other parts of the body.