Another potential symptom of breast cancer metastasis to the shoulder is the development of enlarged lymph nodes.Lymph nodes, small structures that house immune system cells called lymphocytes, are found around the breasts and shoulder, under the arm and throughout the body. Breast cancer cells can...
Personal history: Having a breast cancer diagnosis in one breast increases the risk of cancer in the other breast or the chance of an additional cancer in the original breast. Women diagnosed with certain benign (non-cancerous) breast conditions have an increased risk of breast cancer. These in...
cell division, and cell repair. Certain cancer cells have excess copies of this gene, which not only makes the cancer grow aggressively but it also has a tendency to recur. This type of breast cancer is known asHER 2-positive breast cancer. ...
Inflammatory breast cancer is a rare type of cancer that often does not cause a breast lump or mass. As seen in this photo, it often causes thickening and pitting of the skin, like an orange peel. The affected breast may also be larger or firmer, tender, or itchy. A skin rash or re...
M1 = evidence of distant metastasis Other factors, such as which receptors your type of cancer has on its cells, is also usually included in this formulation. Those other factors include: Human epidermal growth factor-2 (HER2) Estrogen (ER) ...
cancer. Other common sites of breast cancer metastasis are the brain, the bones, and theliver. Cancers that have spread only into the lymph nodes under the arm are still curable. Those that spread to distant lymph nodes or other organs are not usually curable with available treatments today....
doi:10.14309/01.ajg.0000871436.62503.afNarelle C. MartinUNC Health Blue Ridge, Morganton, NC;Jacob BulmanUNC Health Blue Ridge, Morganton, NC;Gerald W. MankBlue Ridge Digestive Health, Morganton, NC.Wolters KluwerThe American Journal of Gastroenterology...
There is growing evidence about differences in metastatic spread among breast cancer (BC) biologic subtypes (BS). Aim of this study was to analyze the patt... L Gerratana,V Fanotto,M Bonotto,... - 《Clinical & Experimental Metastasis》 被引量: 55发表: 2015年 Clinical utilization of atypi...
A total of 103 Greek breast survivors, who had undergone a mastectomy more than 3 years ago and were free of any metastasis or relapse, participated in the study. The comparison group consisted of 100 women matched for age, education and marital status. Survivors scored significantly higher ...
This process of cancer cells leaving an area and growing in another body area is termed metastatic spread or metastasis. For example, if breast cancer cells spread to a bone, it means that the individual has metastatic breast cancer to bone. This is not the same as "bone cancer," which ...