Thriving Together: 2022 Virtual Conference on Metastatic Breast Cancer

Palbociclib (Ibrance), a targeted therapy, was the first CDK 4/6 inhibitor to be approved by the FDA. It targets two specific kinases, or enzymes, that help tumor cells grow and divide.

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Ribociclib (Kisqali), a targeted therapy, is the second CDK 4/6 inhibitor to be approved by the FDA. It targets two specific kinases, or enzymes, that help tumor cells grow and divide.

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Atezolizumab (Tecentriq) is an immunotherapy that was granted accelerated approval by the Food and Drug Administration in March 2019 to treat metastatic triple-negative breast cancer that expresses the PD-L1 protein and was voluntarily withdrawn in 2021 because follow-up research failed to confirm the initial promising results that prompted the accelerated approval.

If you have metastatic breast cancer, it means breast cancer cells spread away, or metastasized, from your breast tissue to other, distant areas of the body.

Prognosis means the likely outcome or course of a disease. If you’ve been diagnosed with stage IV metastatic breast cancer (MBC), you may have already learned that it means being in treatment for life. It’s completely understandable to want to know how long that really is.

Lung metastasis occurs when cancer travels outside of the breast into the lungs. Learn more about the disease and recommended treatment plans.

When breast cancer travels outside the breast to the liver, it’s called liver metastasis. Learn more about the disease and how to cope with a diagnosis.

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Living with a metastatic breast cancer diagnosis can be overwhelming, but there are many ways to adapt to your situation and find the support you need. Here’s your home for information and supportive resources that can help you plan your next steps after a diagnosis.

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Metastatic triple-negative breast cancer is a rare form of aggressive breast cancer. Learn more its symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment options.

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Metastatic breast cancer describes a type of breast cancer in which the cells have broken away from their original location to form a new tumor in different tissue or a different organ.

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