Information about breast cancer
Metastases... what now?
Malignant cells can invade other tissues. In this way, cancer cells can break away from the original tumor and be carried along with the blood or lymph. There they can settle in other places in the body and continue to divide. Thus, they form a new tumor somewhere else in the body.
What is secondary cancer?
Secondary cancer is cancer that has spread to other parts of the body.
Where can these metastases occur?
Breast cancer can metastasize to many other organs. But when metastases do occur, it is usually in the liver, lungs, brain or bones.
If the cancer has spread to the lungs, are we talking about lung cancer?
Cancer that metastasizes remains a cancer from where the disease originally originated. Thus, breast cancer that metastasizes to the lungs remains breast cancer.
How can we recognize metastases?
The symptoms that occur depend on the organs where the metastases have developed. A doctor can help you further with symptoms.
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Researchers gain more insight into evolution of pre-stage breast cancer
One in five breast cancers are actually precursors to breast cancer. Because we don't know today which precursors progress to breast cancer and which do not, they are all treated. Thanks to Belgian-Dutch research, this is likely to change.
Breast cancer in men: "At the mammogram, they called out: 'Come this way, ma'am!'"
Pink ribbons, mammograms, and national screening programs: one in seven women (in the Netherlands) will be affected by breast cancer in their lifetime. In the shadow of this global health crisis, their male counterparts are also struggling with another evil: a persistent image problem. Nieuwe Revu spoke with three men with breast cancer about living with a "women's disease," shame, and prejudice. "At the mammogram, they called out, 'Come on in, ma'am!'"
Hereditary breast cancer
In about 5 to 10% of people with breast cancer, heredity plays an important role. They have inherited a breast cancer gene that greatly increases the risk of the disease.
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