Learning about treatment and other parts of metastatic breast cancer care may help you feel better prepared to face the challenges ahead. Learn more here.| Susan G. Komen®
HER2-Targeted Therapies for Metastatic Breast Cancer Watch our June 2024 MBC Impact Series, Metastatic HER2-Positive Breast Cancer. HER2 and metastatic breast cancer The HER2 protein is an important driver of cell growth and survival. A pathologist determines HER2 status by testing a sample of the metastatic tumor (from a biopsy of the metastases). Learn more […]| Susan G. Komen®
Learn about emerging areas in the treatment of ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS). DCIS is a non-invasive breast cancer.| Susan G. Komen®
Learn about treatment and prognosis for early breast cancer.| Susan G. Komen®
After breast cancer treatment ends, many people are afraid they still have cancer or that it will come back. Learn about risk of recurrence and find support.| Susan G. Komen®
DCIS (ductal carcinoma in situ) is a non-invasive breast cancer. Learn about treatment for DCIS.| Susan G. Komen®
Invasive Lobular Breast Cancer Watch our Mission Moment webinar, Invasive Lobular Breast Cancer. Read our fact sheet on invasive lobular breast cancer. What is invasive lobular breast cancer? Invasive lobular cancer or infiltrating lobular carcinoma (ILC) is invasive breast cancer that begins in the lobules of the breast. The lobules are small, round sacs in […]| Susan G. Komen®
Learn about male breast cancer. Review statistics, warning signs, risk factors and types of breast cancer in men.| Susan G. Komen®
This section discusses the management of pain related to breast cancer treatment - when and how should you treat it? Learn more here.| Susan G. Komen®
Find out who’s at higher risk of developing breast cancer and learn about special breast cancer screening recommendations for women at higher risk.| Susan G. Komen®
Questions You May Want to Ask Your Health Care Provider – Breast Cancer Diagnosis If you need a breast biopsy Find questions you may want to ask your health care provider before getting a breast biopsy. If you’ve been diagnosed with breast cancer If the diagnosis is metastatic breast cancer Find questions you may want […]| Susan G. Komen®
CDK4/6 Inhibitors for Metastatic Breast Cancer CDK4 and CDK6 are enzymes important in cell division. CDK4/6 inhibitors are drugs designed to interrupt the growth of cancer cells. CDK4/6 inhibitors are used in combination with hormone therapy to treat some hormone receptor-positive breast cancers. The CDK4/6 inhibitors FDA-approved for metastatic breast cancer treatment are: Drug name […]| Susan G. Komen®
Find information for breast cancer patients on clinical trials. Learn about joining a clinical trial and find questions to ask your doctor about clinical trials.| Susan G. Komen®
Hormone Therapy for Metastatic Breast Cancer Watch Susan G. Komen®’s January 2024 MBC Impact Series, Metastatic Breast Cancer and Estrogen Receptor-Positive Breast Cancer. What is hormone therapy? Estrogen and progesterone are female hormones produced in the body. Some breast cancer cells need estrogen and/or progesterone to grow. When these hormones attach to special proteins called […]| Susan G. Komen®
Learn about types of invasive breast tumors and how different tumor types affect prognosis.| Susan G. Komen®
Lumpectomy is a surgery to remove cancer from the breast. Unlike mastectomy, lumpectomy removes only the tumor and a small rim of normal tissue around it.| Susan G. Komen®
Learn about chemotherapy as a treatment method for breast cancer here.| Susan G. Komen®
Breast cancer can recur at the original site (called recurrence or local recurrence), as well as return and spread to other parts of the body (called metastasis or distant recurrence).| Susan G. Komen®
Lymphedema occurs when fluid collects in the arm and causes it to swell. It may occur after lymph nodes are treated with surgery or radiation therapy.| Susan G. Komen®
Learn about surgery for breast cancer. Surgery may be lumpectomy (breast-conserving surgery) or mastectomy, and may include breast reconstruction (reconstructive surgery).| Susan G. Komen®
Learn how hormone therapies can slow or stop the growth of hormone receptor-positive breast cancer tumors by preventing the cancer cells from getting the hormones they need to grow.| Susan G. Komen®
Monitoring Metastatic Breast Cancer Metastatic breast cancer (also called stage IV or advanced breast cancer) is breast cancer that has spread beyond the breast and nearby lymph nodes to other parts of the body (most often the bones, lungs, liver or brain). Metastatic breast cancer can respond to many different drug therapies. This means the […]| Susan G. Komen®