Cancer Research Lab

When breast cancer comes back, it may return in the same place. This is called a “recurrence,” because it is not a new cancer. But a recurrence can also appear in a place not directly related to the first breast cancer. This is called a “metastasis”, and if cancer is detected in several areas, these are called “metastases”. Find out more about treatments for metastatic (advanced) breast cancer. When breast cancer comes back, it tends to show up in specific areas of the body:

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If your symptoms or test results seem to indicate that the breast cancer has come back or spread, your doctor may suggest a biopsy of the suspected cancerous tissue. You may need a biopsy to:

• rule out other non-cancer causes of the problem,
• make a definite diagnosis of recurrent or metastatic breast cancer, and
• figure out the current “personality” of the cancer (including hormone receptor status and HER2 status) so your doctors will know how best to treat it.

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When it comes to R&D all drugs are not created equal, especially oncologics. And an ACT workshop counts the ways.

By:Jan Koedam
Applied Clinical Trials

For a long time, drug development has been dominated by the urge to find yet a better drug to treat hypertension, hypercholesterolemia or heartburn. Big pharma companies were competing in the major primary care markets. And today, for every indication, more than a handful of blockbuster drugs are available. But now that reimbursement is more of an issue, with many generic products on the market featuring comparable effects, the industry has changed its focus toward more specialized care, like oncology.

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Up to 73% of men with prostate cancer take nonprescription supplements, and smaller numbers use diet, exercise, or both in the hope of improving their outcome. Most of these men also receive conventional therapy, but a few depend on lifestyle alone. The appeal of lifestyle therapy is obvious but does it work? Experts don’t know, though research raises hope that it may have a beneficial impact, reports the July 2007 issue of Harvard Men’s Health Watch.

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Doctors collect statistical information about the different types of cancer and prognosis. Prognosis is the likely outcome of your disease and treatment. In other words, your chances of getting better and how long people in your situation are likely to live.

About the information on this page
Following on this page is quite detailed information about the survival rates of different stages of kidney cancer. We have included it because many people have asked us for this. But not everyone who is diagnosed with a cancer wishes to read this type of information. If you are not sure whether you want to know at the moment or not, then perhaps you might like to skip this page for now. You can always come back to it.

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