| The most frightening words imaginable for
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| | Work with your doctors to plan your
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| any woman are those when she is told that
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| | medical treatments and to be a partner in
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| she has breast cancer. The morbid
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| | your health care. Your doctors will
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| thoughts run through her head and the
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| | consider where the cancer is located and
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| fear is overwhelming. Now she must endure
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| | what type of cancer treatments you had in
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| medical treatments and examinations for
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| | the past. Your wishes and quality of life
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| several months as begins her battle
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| | are also important factors.
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| against this disease.
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| | Treatment choices may include surgery,
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| Cancer is defined by four different
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| | medicines like chemotherapy or hormone
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| stages and metastatic breast cancer is
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| | therapy, and radiation. Sometimes a mix
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| defined as stage 4 and it means that the
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| | of these treatments is used and there can
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| cancer has spread beyond the breast and
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| | be side effects. Your doctor can tell you
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| underarm lymph nodes to other part of the
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| | what problems to expect and can help you
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| body. Another way to explain this is that
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| | find ways to manage and live with them
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| the cancer cells have migrated and are
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| | during the treatment phase.
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| now growing outside of the original
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| | There may come a time with metastatic
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| tumor.
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| | breast cancer when you make a decision
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| Women who have stage IV breast cancer
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| | that quality of life is more important
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| usually receive chemotherapy and or
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| | than quantity. If the medical treatments
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| hormonal therapy to destroy cancer cells
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| | are not working and the effects of them
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| and control the disease. They may have
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| | are more devastating than the actual
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| surgery or radiation therapy to control
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| | disease, you may have a choice to make.
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| the cancer in the breast. Radiation may
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| | Some people make the decision after
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| also be useful to control tumors in other
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| | talking to their family, friends and
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| parts of the body. The symptoms of
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| | doctors to shift the focus of their
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| metastatic breast cancer varies depend on
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| | treatments from attempting to cure the
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| where the cancer is and how large it is.
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| | disease to staying comfortable and
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| The most common places for breast cancer
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| | enjoying life. The care at this point is
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| to spread are within the breast or to the
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| | entirely focused on providing symptom
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| nearby chest wall or to the liver, lungs,
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| | relief as well as support for you and
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| or bones. Common symptoms include a lump
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| | your family so that everyone can make the
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| in your breast or on your chest wall,
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| | most of the time remaining.
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| bone pain, or shortness of breath. It is
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| | The final choice for your care after you
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| also possible that you will not have any
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| | have been diagnosed with metastatic
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| symptoms and that the only way to keep
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| | breast cancer if yours! And, you should
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| yourself healthy is to be proactive and
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| | make informed decision after talking to
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| to take an active role in your health
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| | your doctors and family members. Medical
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| care. It may be necessary to have
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| | advances in this area are moving forward
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| continuous laboratory tests and x-rays to
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| | every day and you never know when the
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| determine whether or not the cancer has
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| | cure will be found.
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| spread.
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