Question 1

what are signs that someones body is shutting down due to stage 4 metastatic breast cancer?

Accepted Answer

It varies: Advanced cancers lead to increasing impairment of mobility due to weakness, loss of weight or organ failure. Your doctor can help you more by checking the patient.And the reports of their burden of cancer. Anyone who is eating well and fully mobile, is not close to 'shuting down'.

Question 2

my mother in law is 76, has metastatic breast cancer in liver, on chemo now started giving things away.bad sign?

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Bad sign?: Your mom's physicians have presumably explained to her that her cancer is not curable, and that the amount of time that she has left is unpredictable. It seems perfectly sensible and the right thing in this situation for her to share the things she has treasured with the people she loves. Perhaps you can help Mom prepare for what will eventually come by cherishing the times you've shared.

Question 3

what is metastatic breast cancer?

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Cancer spread: In later stages of breast cancer, the disease is no longer confined to the breast.  When breast cancer is found in bone, brain, lung and/or liver - it is call metastatic breast cancer.

Question 4

what exactly is metastatic breast cancer?

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Distal Spread: Metastasis occurs when a cancer spreads outside of its organ of origin. Therefore metastatic breast cancer is when breast cancer has spread to involve other organs outside of the breast such as the lymph nodes, liver, lung, etc.

Question 5

metastatic breast cancer what is survival rate women older than 65?

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Depends....: ...on many factors, such as ER and Her2 status (+ vs. -), tumor grade, how many metastases (a few vs. a lot), the location of the metastases (bone vs. liver/lung/brain), the general health of the patient, and the availability of therapy for her.  I would say that as a rule, metastatic breast cancer patients do better than other common cancers but of course there are exceptions. Saludos.

Question 6

what is the survival rate of metastatic breast cancer to other organs?

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Highly variable: Everyone is different, responds to treatments differently, has different cell types & different underlying medical conditions. Depends if bone or lung or liver involvement. Some patients can live for years & others may not. The patient's treating oncologist would be able to answer much better.

Question 7

what to do if i have triple negative metastatic breast cancer stage iv?

Accepted Answer

Don&#x27;t give up: For starters, find a good oncologist, preferably one who works within a multidisciplinary team and has access to clinical trials. There are too many variables to give you specifics but very likely you will be offered chemo. Depending on the circumstances, surgery or radiation may come to play. You had 3x- cancer before age 60 and fulfill criteria for BRCA testing. If positive (or even if not)...

Question 8

can you tell me what is the life expectancy of metastatic breast cancer?

Accepted Answer

It varies.: In general, less than 20% of women diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer will be alive 5 years after their diagnosis.  However, this statistic may vary quite a bit depending on which organs the cancer has spread to and which drugs the cancer may be sensitive to.

Question 9

if you have metastatic breast cancer can you have surgery to remove the breast?

Accepted Answer

Surgery needed: Even inn face of metastatic disease removal of primary eliminales clones that can metastasize ot other sites.  Once primary is gone, proper therapy, whether RT alone or in combination with chemo and hormone therapy  an be decided upon.

Question 10

what is a survival rate of women older than 60 who have metastatic breast cancer?

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Survival: It depends upon what type of breast cancer it is er/pr positive? Her2 status and the sites of mets whether bones alone or organs like liver lungs brain etc. On an average women with stage 4 breast cancer are surviving 3-4 years with diagnosis, some longer than that some not.

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What is metastatic breast cancer?

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What exactly is metastatic breast cancer?

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What is the survival rate of metastatic breast cancer to other organs?

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What to do if i have triple negative metastatic breast cancer stage iv?

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