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...Treatments for advanced breast cancer target the cancer cells. But they can also create uncomfortable side effects. The side effects experienced can vary from person to person. Side effects depend...

...When breast cancer spreads, or metastasizes, to different parts of the body, it can cause a variety of symptoms. The symptoms can vary depending on where the metastasis occurs. Breast...

...All throughout your body, hundreds of lymph nodes are working to protect you from illness and infection. When they become swollen, it is a sign that your immune system is...

...Breast cancer may cause changes to the nipple, including causing the nipple to face inward (inverted), causing changes to the skin on the nipple or areola (the darkened skin around...

...Many people with breast cancer have no symptoms when they are first diagnosed. For others, there may be warning signs. If you notice persistent changes in how your breast looks...

...Advanced breast cancer can cause pain. Many of the treatment options for advanced breast cancer may also cause pain as a side effect. Like other side effects from breast cancer...

...Receiving a diagnosis of advanced or metastatic breast cancer dramatically changes someone’s life, and at times, the disease and its treatment may seem all-consuming. The symptoms of advanced breast cancer...

...Palliative care aims to alleviate symptoms from cancer and side effects from cancer treatment, as well as maximize the patient’s quality of life. Palliative care does not focus on curing...

...Some breast cancers form lumps or masses in the breast tissue. However, noncancerous (benign) conditions can also cause harmless lumps in the breast. It is impossible to know from touch...

...Breast cancer develops when changes occur in the cells that make up the breast. Most breast cancers develop from the cells that make up the milk ducts, and these are...

...The National Cancer Institute estimated that in 2023, there would be 297,790 new cases of breast cancer and 43,170 deaths from breast cancer in women. Breast cancer is the second...

...Breast cancer is a condition in which cells in the breast tissue change and begin to grow out of control. Advanced breast cancer (ABC) encompasses both locally advanced breast cancer...

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