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The treatment of metastatic breast cancer [PDF]

Ca-A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, 1991
While metastatic breast cancer is not curable, it is treatable. Its treatment is associated with a relatively high rate of success, and patients are able to maintain a good quality of life for periods ranging from a few months to several years. This knowledge should encourage both the patient and the oncologist to maintain treatment as long as ...
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Abscopal Effect Following Cryoablation in a Patient with Metastatic Breast Cancer

Frontiers in Bioscience-Scholar, 2023
While breast cancer is a common disease with many available treatment options, many patients still have limited responses, especially those with metastatic breast cancer. Surgery of the primary tumor or metastatic sites is often not part of the treatment
Jamie L. Kaplan, Ismail Turker, Saranya Chumsri, Emmanuel Gabriel   +3 more
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Widespread Alternative Splicing Changes in Metastatic Breast Cancer Cells

Cells, 2021
Aberrant alternative splicing (AS) is a hallmark of cancer and a potential target for novel anti-cancer therapeutics. Breast cancer-associated AS events are known to be linked to disease progression, metastasis, and survival of breast cancer patients. To
Jagyeong Oh, Davide Pradella, Changwei Shao, Hairi Li, Namjeong Choi, Jiyeon Ha, Sonia Ruggiero, Xiang-Dong Fu, Xuexiu Zheng, Claudia Ghigna, Haihong Shen   +10 more
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Breast surgery for metastatic breast cancer [PDF]

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2014
Metastatic breast cancer is not a curable disease, but women with metastatic disease are living longer. Surgery to remove the primary tumour is associated with an increased survival in other types of metastatic cancer. Breast surgery is not standard treatment for metastatic disease, however several recent retrospective studies have suggested that ...
Giuliano, Tosello, Maria Regina, Torloni, Bruna S, Mota, Teresa, Neeman, Rachel, Riera   +4 more
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Metastasis: A Bane of Breast Cancer Therapy

European Medical Journal, 2020
The underlying mechanisms of metastasis in patients with breast cancer is still poorly understood. Approximately 6% of patients with breast cancer present with metastasis at the time of diagnosis.
Chidalu A. Edechi,, Nnamdi M. Ikeogu, Lucas Evangelista de Lima Terceiro, Jude E. Uzonna, Yvonne Myal   +4 more
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Potential inequities in availability of care from breast care nurses: a qualitative study reporting the experiences and perspectives of women with metastatic breast cancer in Australia

BMC Health Services Research, 2022
Background International consensus guidelines recommend patients with metastatic breast cancer have access to a nurse experienced in the treatment of metastatic breast cancer. This study aimed to explore women’s experiences of supportive care from breast
Andrea L. Smith, Frances Boyle, Sophie Lewis   +2 more
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Acute urine retention following medullary compression of metastatic breast cancer in the spinal cord: Rare symptomatlogic presentation and management

Radiology Case Reports, 2023
The management of locally advanced and metastatic breast cancer has evolved since 2021, with confirmation of the role of cell cycle inhibitors.The discovery of breast cancer is often the result of self-examination through the discovery of a nodule, but ...
Hammou El Farhaoui, Anouar El Moudane, Hanane Al Aggari, Miry Nadir, Oualid Bounouar, Ali Barki   +5 more
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Prognostic factors and survival outcomes according to tumor subtype in patients with breast cancer lung metastases [PDF]

PeerJ, 2019
Background Reports on the incidence and prognoses of lung metastases when diagnosing breast cancer patients with different subtypes are limited. Our study investigated the effect of molecular sub-typing stratification on the prognoses of lung metastatic ...
Siying Chen, Jin Yang, Yang Liu, Haisheng You, Yalin Dong, Jun Lyu   +5 more
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Comparisons of Metastatic Patterns, Survival Outcomes and Tumor Immune Microenvironment Between Young and Non-Young Breast Cancer Patients

Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 2022
Background: Metastases are the main cause of breast cancer-related deaths. Breast cancer has a more aggressive phenotype and less favorable prognosis in young females than in older females.
Hengwen Sun, Wei Huang, Fei Ji, Yi Pan, Lu Yang   +4 more
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Up-regulation of bone marrow stromal protein 2 (BST2) in breast cancer with bone metastasis

BMC Cancer, 2009
Background Bone metastases are frequent complications of breast cancer. Recent literature implicates multiple chemokines in the formation of bone metastases in breast cancer.
Zheng Xin, Li Zhen, Cao Jie, Cai Dongqing, Yao Yao, Li Wanglin, Yuan Ziqiang   +6 more
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