Metastatic Breast Cancer is terminal and it is the Leading cause of breast cancer related death in the United States.
Here are Some metastatic breast cancer types and Stages.
- Metastatic breast cancer
- Stage IV breast cancer
- Advanced breast cancer
- Secondary breast cancer
- Distant metastasis
- Cancer Spread
- MBC abbreviation for metastatic breast cancer
- HER2-positive
- Hormone receptor-positive
- Triple-negative breast cancer
- Chemotherapy
- Targeted therapy
- Immunotherapy
- Palliative care
- Tumor progression
- Metastasis sites such as bone, liver, lungs, brain
- Systemic treatment
- Endocrine therapy
- Resistant metastatic breast cancer
Over 230,000 American men and women are diagnosed with breast cancer each year.
5% at the time they are diagnosed with breast cancer, they are already Stage IV.
About Metastatic Breast Cancer
The life expectancy of those patients average between 18 to 24 months.
Breast cancer may start to metastasize at any time, even after many years of successful treatment.
Over 40,000 people die from Metastatic Breast Cancer every year in the US.
Despite these dire statistics, funded research is only allocating 3% to Metastatic Breast Cancer (MBC).
More support and attention are desperately needed to improve the research for a cure, as it was accomplished in early stage breast cancer and the survival rate has remarkably improved.