Focus on Breast Cancer

 

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Today, many more treatment options are available than ever before. This means people are living longer with metastatic breast cancer.

Coming to Terms with the Reality of Metastatic Breast Cancer

by Michele Cepeda, RN

 

Individuals diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer – breast cancer that has spread to different parts of the body, most commonly, bones, the lungs, or the liver – often are faced with lifelong treatments. Treatment for metastatic breast cancer focuses on controlling – not curing – the disease while providing a good quality of life.

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Your Emotional Recovery from Breast Cancer

by Ronnie Kaye, MFT

 

“You have breast cancer.” Those are four words no woman ever wants to hear. In addition to being thrust precipitously into an alien world of medical terminology, bewildering choices, and challenging treatments, a woman can also find herself in a state of emotional crisis that can continue through and even beyond the end of treatment.

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