Please respect that this forum is for members with stage IV/metastatic breast cancer ONLY. There is a separate forum for caregivers and friends: <a href="https://breastcancer.vanillacommunities.com/en/categories/caring-for-someone-with-stage-iv-or-mets"><em>Caring for Someone with Stage IV or Mets</em></a>.
Enhertu for HER2-Low and -Ultralow Metastatic Breast Cancer Dec 12, 2024 Dr. Aditya Bardia discusses Enhertu for metastatic hormone receptor-positive, HER2-low and -ultralow breast cancer and explains those terms. At the 2024 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, Dr. Aditya Bardia, director of the Breast Oncology Program…
Imlunestrant Plus Verzenio: New Treatment Option for Certain Hormonal Therapy-Resistant Breast Cancers? Dec 20, 2024 Combined with Verzenio, this new oral SERD may be a good option for advanced-stage breast cancer with an ESR1 mutation. Read more…
Adding Ibrance Stops Growth of Metastatic Triple-Positive Disease for More Than a Year Dec 18, 2024 Progression-free survival was 15 months longer when Ibrance was added to standard treatment. Read more…
Hello Everyone. I am wondering how others are dealing with the side effect of diarrhea while on Tucatinib. I am taking the Immodium, with mixed results. I am wondering how others are navigating living your life, going out, etc. while dealing with the threat of diarrhea. Thanks for your feeback.
On another forum, somebody posted this abstract, and I want to share it with you all - with comments. Since I am being treated as a true oligometastatic patient, this topic interests me. I think it is becoming more and more accepted as a real possibility, that a very small subset of women with mets can live long lives. It…
Hi I posted this in Genetic testing but thought I would post her too. Hello, I was first diagnosed in 2015 with early stage IIb. I had genetic testing done at the time and was negative for all mutations including BRCA1 and 2. I had a recurrence in 2022 and I had the Caris test done on the tumor and again no BRCA found.…
Hello, I was treated for my 2nd round of breast cancer from 2022-2023. I went on Verzenio/exemesthane regimen in May 2023. I was supposed to do two years on verzenio, however I was just diagnosed with MBC. I had a lymph node biopsy done because I had 3 swollen lymph nodes in the retroperitineal region show up on a PET…
I have stage iv metastatic breast cancer in my bones. Multiple sites. I was on ibrance. Now on Truqap. . My tumor markers jumped 25 points recently . My oncologist does not seem very concerned. What kind of jump have you had that the oncologist was concerned about?
I am newly diagnosed. I am also a year into a systemic sclerosis/scleroderma diagnosis. Looking to connect. I am angry and in denial after the past five years of fighting diseases to now be diagnosed with this.
Hi all, I’m hoping that one of you has had similar issues as my doctors seem stumped. I was initially diagnosed in 2011 and had a double mastectomy and chemo. In 2019 I was diagnosed with metastatic cancer in my bones and lungs. I was on Ibrance and Faslodex for almost 4 years. I gained 20 lbs due to the swelling in my…
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