22+ Stage 4 Breast Cancer Survivors
Pictures. I was just wondering if anyone knows of any positive, optimistic stories about women living with metastatic breast cancer (to bone)being treated with herceptin and zometa and living an actual life of some years. Learn about our editorial process.
Once breast cancer has spread to the lymph nodes the mode of treatment tends to shift to the chemotherapy medicines, and the odds of survival are somewhat lower. I was diagnosed with stage 4 hepatic carcinoma (liver cancer). Cancer cells might have traveled through your lymphatic system to your lungs, bones, liver, brain, or other organs.
But my schedule didn't matter.
He achieved a complete remission. 48 yr old patient initially given no hope survives metastatic stage 4 stomach cancer using our functional profiling analysis to analyze his cancer cells in the lab to select the right treatment for him. I want to share an important message to all who have had a diagnosis or know of someone diagnosed. In stage four, breast cancer has spread to distant areas of the body.