Being diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer means ongoing treatment to live as long, and as well, as possible. It also creates considerable need for emotional and practical support.
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October is awash in seas of pink T-shirts, balloons and ribbons in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. But this messaging fails to recognize people who are not cured of the disease.
A diagnosis of metastatic breast cancer means having cancer for the rest of one’s life – a situation with very different needs and concerns compared to earlier stages of the disease.
We’re told that finding symptoms of disease early will prevent the more serious consequences. But for pre-cancerous lesions, also known as stage 0 breast cancer, the picture is much more complicated.
Breast cancer is one of the most common cancers in the Western world, with 15,000 women (and about 70 men) diagnosed each year in Australia.
Over 13,500 women are diagnosed with breast cancer in Australia each year. After completing initial treatment, the immediate question for many, if not most, is - what are the chances my cancer will return…
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James Stewart Chair Of Surgery, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Sociology, Ball State University
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Professor of Breast Cancer Research, Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation and School of Biomedical Sciences,, Queensland University of Technology
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Medical Oncologist, St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne; Lecturer, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Public Health, University of Sydney
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Senior Lecturer, University of Sydney
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Research fellow, University of Sydney
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ARC DECRA Senior Research Fellow, Sydney Centre for Healthy Societies, University of Sydney
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Research Fellow in Epidemiology, NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre