Breast Cancer: Later Stage Treatment
Breast Cancer
Later Stage Treatment
While there's no cure for metastatic breast cancer, in many cases this disease is highly treatable.
Later Stage Treatment: Understanding The Options
Do I Need Genetic Sequencing?
Genetic sequencing of tumors has become standard practice, according to many experts. The test allows doctors to understand some of the changes or mutations that may have evolved in a tumor. Your doctor can decide whether you are a candidate for an approved drug that targets these mutations or could enter a clinical trial where you would get new drugs that are being tested. Gene sequencing, which... Read More
Later Stage Treatment: Hormone Receptor Positive Breast Cancer
Later Stage Treatment: Triple Negative Breast Cancer
The Promise of Immunotherapy
Judy Perkins is a name that will be in the medical text books. She is the first person to be declared free of metastatic breast cancer after a course of immunotherapy. That's a big deal. She is what's known in the world of clinical trials as an "exceptional responder." SurvivorNet went to meet Judy about a year ago at her home in Florida and we shot this short documentary. In 2003, Judy was diagno... Read More
HER2-Positive Breast Cancer
Women who are diagnosed with HER2-positive breast cancer have high levels of the HER2 protein on the outside of their cancer cells. For patients with early-stage disease, meaning they have relatively small tumors and no lymph involvement, a number of HER2-directed therapies have dramatically changed the landscape. These include drugs like Herceptin and Perjeta. According to Dr. Elizabeth Comen, a... Read More