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  • Learn
    • Understanding your diagnosis
      • What is Breast Cancer?
      • Who Gets Breast Cancer?
      • Your Medical Team
      • Words to Know
      • Questions to ask your oncologist
    • Types of Breast Cancer
      • DCIS and LCIS
      • Hormone Receptor-Positive
        • Diagnosis and Testing
          • Hormone Receptor Status
        • Treatments and Research
          • Hormonal Therapy
          • What Is Hormonal Therapy
          • Types of Hormonal Therapy
          • Importance of Menopausal Status
          • Targeted Therapy
          • Targeted Therapies for Hormone-Positive Breast Cancer
        • Side Effects
          • Bone Loss
          • Bone Pain
          • Chemobrain
          • Hair Loss
          • Insomnia and Fatigue
          • Menopausal Symptoms
          • Secondary Cancers
          • Sexual Side Effects
        • Living With HR-Positive Breast Cancer
          • Fertility and Future Pregnancy
      • HER2-Positive
        • Diagnosis and Testing
        • Treatments and Research
          • Targeted Therapy
          • Targeted Therapy for HER2-Positive Breast Cancer
        • Side Effects
          • Chemobrain
          • Menopausal Symptoms
        • Living With HER2-Positive Breast Cancer
          • Ending Treatment and Your Emotions
      • Triple-Negative
        • Risk Factors
        • Diagnosis and Testing
        • Treatments and Research
          • Common Treatments
          • Chemotherapy
          • Why Aren't There Targeted Therapies?
          • Finding a Doctor for TNBC
          • Clinical Trials as a Treatment Option
          • Follow-Up Care for TNBC
        • Side Effects
          • Chemobrain
          • Hair Loss
          • Hand-Foot Syndrome
          • Insomnia and Fatigue
          • Menopausal Symptoms
          • Mouth Sores
          • Nail and Skin Changes
          • Nausea and Vomiting
          • Neuropathy
          • Neutropenia
          • Secondary Cancers
        • Living With Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
          • Fitting In
          • Fear of Recurrence
          • Dealing With Uncertainty
          • Dealing With Negative Comments
      • Metastatic
        • Finding out you have MBC
        • Complementary and integrative medicine
        • Metastatic Breast Cancer & Diet
        • Exercise
        • Intimacy and Sexuality
        • How to support a loved one with MBC
        • Talking With Family
        • Building Your Community of Support
        • Anxiety & Depression
        • Navigating Finances
        • Understanding Health Insurance
        • Work/Life Balance
        • How Breast Cancer Metastasizes
        • What Makes Metastatic Breast Cancer Different
        • Feelings of Loss
        • Bone Metastases
          • Monitoring Bone Metastases
        • Brain Metastases
          • Monitoring Brain Mets
        • Liver Metastases
          • Monitoring Liver Metastases
        • Lung Metastases
          • Monitoring Lung Metastases
        • Diagnosis and Testing
          • Coping With Your Diagnosis
          • Tests You May Have
          • Second Opinions and MBC
          • MBC as Your First Diagnosis
          • MBC as a Recurrence
          • Hormone Receptor-Positive MBC
          • HER2-Positive MBC
          • Triple-Negative MBC
        • Treatments and Research
          • Being in Treatment for Life
          • Goals of Treatment
          • Making Treatment Decisions Throughout Your Care
          • Clinical Trials for MBC
          • Metastatic Trial Search
          • Hormonal Therapy for MBC
          • Targeted Therapy for MBC
          • Chemotherapy For MBC
          • Radiation Therapy for MBC
          • Surgery for MBC
          • Yoga and MBC
        • Side Effects
          • Bone Health and MBC
          • Bone Pain and MBC
          • Chemobrain
          • Hair Loss and MBC
          • Hand-Foot Syndrome and MBC
          • Heart Health and MBC
          • Insomnia and Fatigue and MBC
          • Menopausal Symptoms and MBC
          • Mouth Sores and MBC
          • Nail and Skin Changes and MBC
          • Nausea and Vomiting and MBC
          • Neuropathy and MBC
          • Neutropenia and MBC
          • Pain and MBC
          • Sexual Side Effects
        • Living With Metastatic Breast Cancer
          • Stress and Anxiety
          • Self-Care for Stress and Anxiety
          • Coping With Stress in Relationships
          • Fertility and Metastatic Breast Cancer
          • Money, Insurance & Career
      • Inflammatory
      • Lobular
    • Diagnosis and Testing
      • How Cancer Is Staged
      • Tests You May Have
        • Biopsy
        • Genetic Tests
        • Genomic Tests
        • PET Scan
        • Blood Tests
        • Bone Scans
        • CAT Scans
        • Chest x-rays
        • Mammograms
        • Ultrasound
        • MRI
      • Your Pathology Report
    • Treatments and Research
      • Getting a Second Opinion
      • Preparing for treatment
      • Surgery
        • Lymph Node Surgery
        • Preventive Mastectomy
        • Making Decisions
        • Ovarian Ablation
        • Preparing for Surgery
        • Recovering After Surgery
      • Chemotherapy
        • Types of Chemotherapy
          • Capecitabine
          • Carboplatin
          • Cisplatin
          • Cyclophosphamide
          • Docetaxel
          • Doxorubicin
          • Epirubicin
          • Eribulin
          • Fluorouracil
          • Gemcitabine
          • Ixabepilone
          • Paclitaxel
          • Liposomal Doxorubicin
          • Nab-Paclitaxel
          • Vinorelbine
        • Common Regimens
          • AC
          • AC-T
          • ACTH
          • CAF
          • CMF
          • FAC
          • TAC
          • TC
          • TCH
          • TH
          • THP
        • Preparing for Chemotherapy
      • Radiation Therapy
        • Whole Breast Radiation
        • Partial Breast Radiation
        • Available Schedules in the U.S.
        • Radiation Side Effects
      • Breast Reconstruction
        • Immediate vs. Delayed Reconstruction
        • Tissue Reconstruction
        • Implant Reconstruction
        • Nipple Reconstruction
        • Regenerative Tissue Reconstruction
        • Using a Prosthesis
      • Targeted Therapy
        • Targeted Therapy for Hormone Receptor-Positive Breast Cancer
          • Abemaciclib
          • Alpelisib
          • Everolimus
          • Palbociclib
          • Ribociclib
        • Targeted Therapy for HER2-Positive Breast Cancer
          • Ado-Trastuzumab Emtansine
          • Lapatinib
          • Pertuzumab
          • Neratinib
          • Trastuzumab
        • Targeted therapy for triple-negative breast cancer
          • Sacituzumab govitecan
        • PARP Inhibitors for BRCA-Positive Breast Cancer
          • Olaparib
          • Talazoparib
      • Hormonal Therapy
        • What Is Hormonal Therapy
        • Importance of Menopausal Status
        • Types of Hormonal Therapy
          • Aromatase Inhibitors
          • Fulvestrant
          • LHRH Agonists
          • Megestrol Acetate
          • Ovarian Ablation
          • Ovarian Suppression
          • Tamoxifen
          • Toremifene Citrate
        • Common Questions
      • Immunotherapy
        • Types of Immunotherapy
          • Atezolizumab
          • Pembrolizumab
      • Clinical Trials
        • FDA Approval Programs
        • Breast Cancer Clinical Trial Resources
        • Clinical Trials Resource Center
      • Biosimilars
      • Complementary Therapy
        • Types of Complementary Therapy
          • Acupuncture
          • Art Therapy
          • Expressive Writing
          • Guided Imagery
          • Hypnosis
          • Massage Therapy
          • Medical Marijuana
          • Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction
      • Yoga and Breast Cancer
        • Getting Started With Yoga
        • Common Yoga Poses
        • Popular Yoga Styles
        • Special Situations
          • Yoga and Lymphedema Risk
          • Yoga and Metastatic Breast Cancer
        • The Thriver Pose
    • Side Effects
      • Anemia
      • Bone Loss
      • Bone Pain
      • Chemobrain
      • Depression and Anxiety
      • Diarrhea
      • Fear of Recurrence
        • Why Fear of Recurrence Happens
        • Common Fear of Recurrence Triggers
        • Managing Your Fear of Recurrence
        • Getting Support for Fears of Recurrence
      • Hair Loss
        • Scalp Cooling to Help Prevent Hair Loss
      • Hand-Foot Syndrome
      • Heart Health
      • High Cholesterol
      • Insomnia and Fatigue
        • Managing Insomnia and Fatigue
        • Treatment for Insomnia and Fatigue
      • Lymphedema
        • Lymphedema Risk
        • Treating Lymphedema
      • Menopausal Symptoms
      • Mouth Sores
      • Nail and Skin Changes
      • Nausea and Vomiting
      • Neuropathy
      • Neutropenia
      • Pain
      • Secondary Cancers
      • Sexual Side Effects
      • Weight Gain
      • Weight Loss
    • Living With Breast Cancer
      • Body Image
        • How Breast Cancer Impacts Your Body Image
      • Bone Health Basics
        • Treatments and Your Bone Health
        • Bone Health Tests
        • Improving Bone Health
        • Medicines To Protect Bones
      • Diet, Nutrition and Exercise
        • Making Meals Healthy
        • Tips for Healthy Eating
      • Emotional Health
        • Ending Treatment and Your Emotions
        • Post-Traumatic Growth
        • Seeing a Professional
        • Medicines for Emotional Health
          • Medicines for Anxiety
          • Medicines for Depression
        • Building your community of support
        • Methods of self-care
      • Fear of Recurrence
        • Why Fear of Recurrence Happens
        • Common Fear of Recurrence Triggers
        • Managing Your Fear of Recurrence
        • Getting Support
      • Fertility and Breast Cancer
        • Am I In Menopause?
        • Birth Control and Breast Cancer
        • Protecting Your Fertility During Treatment
        • Making Decisions About Protecting Fertility
        • Determining Fertility After Treatment
        • Getting Pregnant After Early Breast Cancer
      • Genetics and Family Risk
        • Signs Breast Cancer May Be BRCA-Related
        • Genetic Counseling
        • Genetic Testing
        • Genetic Test Results and What They Mean
        • Genetic Test Results and Treatment Decisions
        • Genetic Testing and Your Relationships
        • Sharing Your Genetic Test Results With Family
        • Sharing Your Genetic Test Results At Work
      • Job and Financial Concerns
        • Breast Cancer and the Workplace
        • Telling Employers and Coworkers About Your Diagnosis
        • Work Accommodations and Disability Benefits
        • Managing hidden costs
        • Getting Organized for Health Insurance
        • Private, State and Federal Insurance
        • Understanding your health insurance
        • Dealing With a Claim Denial
        • Other Ways to Get Insurance
        • Financial Planning
        • What is the ACA?
      • Sex and Intimacy
        • Birth Control and Breast Cancer
        • Maintaining Sexual Life
        • If You Feel Pain During Sex
        • Sexual Side Effects
        • Body Image and Sexuality
        • Improving Sexual Health With Medical Approaches
        • Improving Sexual Health With Self Care
        • Talking With Your Partner About Sex and Intimacy
        • Talking With Your Healthcare Team About Sex and Intimacy
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    • Learning from Others
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Early-Stage Breast Cancer Series
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Breast Cancer inFocus
Foreign Language
Guide for the Newly Diagnosed
Guide to Understanding Clinical Trials
Guide to Understanding Fear of Recurrence
Guide to Understanding HER2-Positive Breast Cancer
Guide to Understanding Hormonal Therapy
Guide to Understanding Intimacy and Sexuality
Guide to Understanding Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
Guide to Coping With a New Diagnosis
Guide to Understanding Genetics and Family Risk
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Metastatic Breast Cancer Series: Guide for the Newly Diagnosed
Serie sobre el cáncer de mama metastásico: Guía para nuevas pacientes
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  • Learn
    • Understanding your diagnosis
      • What is Breast Cancer?
      • Who Gets Breast Cancer?
      • Your Medical Team
      • Words to Know
      • Questions to ask your oncologist
    • Types of Breast Cancer
      • DCIS and LCIS
      • Hormone Receptor-Positive
        • Diagnosis and Testing
          • Hormone Receptor Status
        • Treatments and Research
          • Hormonal Therapy
          • What Is Hormonal Therapy
          • Types of Hormonal Therapy
          • Importance of Menopausal Status
          • Targeted Therapy
          • Targeted Therapies for Hormone-Positive Breast Cancer
        • Side Effects
          • Bone Loss
          • Bone Pain
          • Chemobrain
          • Hair Loss
          • Insomnia and Fatigue
          • Menopausal Symptoms
          • Secondary Cancers
          • Sexual Side Effects
        • Living With HR-Positive Breast Cancer
          • Fertility and Future Pregnancy
      • HER2-Positive
        • Diagnosis and Testing
        • Treatments and Research
          • Targeted Therapy
          • Targeted Therapy for HER2-Positive Breast Cancer
        • Side Effects
          • Chemobrain
          • Menopausal Symptoms
        • Living With HER2-Positive Breast Cancer
          • Ending Treatment and Your Emotions
      • Triple-Negative
        • Risk Factors
        • Diagnosis and Testing
        • Treatments and Research
          • Common Treatments
          • Chemotherapy
          • Why Aren't There Targeted Therapies?
          • Finding a Doctor for TNBC
          • Clinical Trials as a Treatment Option
          • Follow-Up Care for TNBC
        • Side Effects
          • Chemobrain
          • Hair Loss
          • Hand-Foot Syndrome
          • Insomnia and Fatigue
          • Menopausal Symptoms
          • Mouth Sores
          • Nail and Skin Changes
          • Nausea and Vomiting
          • Neuropathy
          • Neutropenia
          • Secondary Cancers
        • Living With Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
          • Fitting In
          • Fear of Recurrence
          • Dealing With Uncertainty
          • Dealing With Negative Comments
      • Metastatic
        • Finding out you have MBC
        • Complementary and integrative medicine
        • Metastatic Breast Cancer & Diet
        • Exercise
        • Intimacy and Sexuality
        • How to support a loved one with MBC
        • Talking With Family
        • Building Your Community of Support
        • Anxiety & Depression
        • Navigating Finances
        • Understanding Health Insurance
        • Work/Life Balance
        • How Breast Cancer Metastasizes
        • What Makes Metastatic Breast Cancer Different
        • Feelings of Loss
        • Bone Metastases
          • Monitoring Bone Metastases
        • Brain Metastases
          • Monitoring Brain Mets
        • Liver Metastases
          • Monitoring Liver Metastases
        • Lung Metastases
          • Monitoring Lung Metastases
        • Diagnosis and Testing
          • Coping With Your Diagnosis
          • Tests You May Have
          • Second Opinions and MBC
          • MBC as Your First Diagnosis
          • MBC as a Recurrence
          • Hormone Receptor-Positive MBC
          • HER2-Positive MBC
          • Triple-Negative MBC
        • Treatments and Research
          • Being in Treatment for Life
          • Goals of Treatment
          • Making Treatment Decisions Throughout Your Care
          • Clinical Trials for MBC
          • Metastatic Trial Search
          • Hormonal Therapy for MBC
          • Targeted Therapy for MBC
          • Chemotherapy For MBC
          • Radiation Therapy for MBC
          • Surgery for MBC
          • Yoga and MBC
        • Side Effects
          • Bone Health and MBC
          • Bone Pain and MBC
          • Chemobrain
          • Hair Loss and MBC
          • Hand-Foot Syndrome and MBC
          • Heart Health and MBC
          • Insomnia and Fatigue and MBC
          • Menopausal Symptoms and MBC
          • Mouth Sores and MBC
          • Nail and Skin Changes and MBC
          • Nausea and Vomiting and MBC
          • Neuropathy and MBC
          • Neutropenia and MBC
          • Pain and MBC
          • Sexual Side Effects
        • Living With Metastatic Breast Cancer
          • Stress and Anxiety
          • Self-Care for Stress and Anxiety
          • Coping With Stress in Relationships
          • Fertility and Metastatic Breast Cancer
          • Money, Insurance & Career
      • Inflammatory
      • Lobular
    • Diagnosis and Testing
      • How Cancer Is Staged
      • Tests You May Have
        • Biopsy
        • Genetic Tests
        • Genomic Tests
        • PET Scan
        • Blood Tests
        • Bone Scans
        • CAT Scans
        • Chest x-rays
        • Mammograms
        • Ultrasound
        • MRI
      • Your Pathology Report
    • Treatments and Research
      • Getting a Second Opinion
      • Preparing for treatment
      • Surgery
        • Lymph Node Surgery
        • Preventive Mastectomy
        • Making Decisions
        • Ovarian Ablation
        • Preparing for Surgery
        • Recovering After Surgery
      • Chemotherapy
        • Types of Chemotherapy
          • Capecitabine
          • Carboplatin
          • Cisplatin
          • Cyclophosphamide
          • Docetaxel
          • Doxorubicin
          • Epirubicin
          • Eribulin
          • Fluorouracil
          • Gemcitabine
          • Ixabepilone
          • Paclitaxel
          • Liposomal Doxorubicin
          • Nab-Paclitaxel
          • Vinorelbine
        • Common Regimens
          • AC
          • AC-T
          • ACTH
          • CAF
          • CMF
          • FAC
          • TAC
          • TC
          • TCH
          • TH
          • THP
        • Preparing for Chemotherapy
      • Radiation Therapy
        • Whole Breast Radiation
        • Partial Breast Radiation
        • Available Schedules in the U.S.
        • Radiation Side Effects
      • Breast Reconstruction
        • Immediate vs. Delayed Reconstruction
        • Tissue Reconstruction
        • Implant Reconstruction
        • Nipple Reconstruction
        • Regenerative Tissue Reconstruction
        • Using a Prosthesis
      • Targeted Therapy
        • Targeted Therapy for Hormone Receptor-Positive Breast Cancer
          • Abemaciclib
          • Alpelisib
          • Everolimus
          • Palbociclib
          • Ribociclib
        • Targeted Therapy for HER2-Positive Breast Cancer
          • Ado-Trastuzumab Emtansine
          • Lapatinib
          • Pertuzumab
          • Neratinib
          • Trastuzumab
        • Targeted therapy for triple-negative breast cancer
          • Sacituzumab govitecan
        • PARP Inhibitors for BRCA-Positive Breast Cancer
          • Olaparib
          • Talazoparib
      • Hormonal Therapy
        • What Is Hormonal Therapy
        • Importance of Menopausal Status
        • Types of Hormonal Therapy
          • Aromatase Inhibitors
          • Fulvestrant
          • LHRH Agonists
          • Megestrol Acetate
          • Ovarian Ablation
          • Ovarian Suppression
          • Tamoxifen
          • Toremifene Citrate
        • Common Questions
      • Immunotherapy
        • Types of Immunotherapy
          • Atezolizumab
          • Pembrolizumab
      • Clinical Trials
        • FDA Approval Programs
        • Breast Cancer Clinical Trial Resources
        • Clinical Trials Resource Center
      • Biosimilars
      • Complementary Therapy
        • Types of Complementary Therapy
          • Acupuncture
          • Art Therapy
          • Expressive Writing
          • Guided Imagery
          • Hypnosis
          • Massage Therapy
          • Medical Marijuana
          • Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction
      • Yoga and Breast Cancer
        • Getting Started With Yoga
        • Common Yoga Poses
        • Popular Yoga Styles
        • Special Situations
          • Yoga and Lymphedema Risk
          • Yoga and Metastatic Breast Cancer
        • The Thriver Pose
    • Side Effects
      • Anemia
      • Bone Loss
      • Bone Pain
      • Chemobrain
      • Depression and Anxiety
      • Diarrhea
      • Fear of Recurrence
        • Why Fear of Recurrence Happens
        • Common Fear of Recurrence Triggers
        • Managing Your Fear of Recurrence
        • Getting Support for Fears of Recurrence
      • Hair Loss
        • Scalp Cooling to Help Prevent Hair Loss
      • Hand-Foot Syndrome
      • Heart Health
      • High Cholesterol
      • Insomnia and Fatigue
        • Managing Insomnia and Fatigue
        • Treatment for Insomnia and Fatigue
      • Lymphedema
        • Lymphedema Risk
        • Treating Lymphedema
      • Menopausal Symptoms
      • Mouth Sores
      • Nail and Skin Changes
      • Nausea and Vomiting
      • Neuropathy
      • Neutropenia
      • Pain
      • Secondary Cancers
      • Sexual Side Effects
      • Weight Gain
      • Weight Loss
    • Living With Breast Cancer
      • Body Image
        • How Breast Cancer Impacts Your Body Image
      • Bone Health Basics
        • Treatments and Your Bone Health
        • Bone Health Tests
        • Improving Bone Health
        • Medicines To Protect Bones
      • Diet, Nutrition and Exercise
        • Making Meals Healthy
        • Tips for Healthy Eating
      • Emotional Health
        • Ending Treatment and Your Emotions
        • Post-Traumatic Growth
        • Seeing a Professional
        • Medicines for Emotional Health
          • Medicines for Anxiety
          • Medicines for Depression
        • Building your community of support
        • Methods of self-care
      • Fear of Recurrence
        • Why Fear of Recurrence Happens
        • Common Fear of Recurrence Triggers
        • Managing Your Fear of Recurrence
        • Getting Support
      • Fertility and Breast Cancer
        • Am I In Menopause?
        • Birth Control and Breast Cancer
        • Protecting Your Fertility During Treatment
        • Making Decisions About Protecting Fertility
        • Determining Fertility After Treatment
        • Getting Pregnant After Early Breast Cancer
      • Genetics and Family Risk
        • Signs Breast Cancer May Be BRCA-Related
        • Genetic Counseling
        • Genetic Testing
        • Genetic Test Results and What They Mean
        • Genetic Test Results and Treatment Decisions
        • Genetic Testing and Your Relationships
        • Sharing Your Genetic Test Results With Family
        • Sharing Your Genetic Test Results At Work
      • Job and Financial Concerns
        • Breast Cancer and the Workplace
        • Telling Employers and Coworkers About Your Diagnosis
        • Work Accommodations and Disability Benefits
        • Managing hidden costs
        • Getting Organized for Health Insurance
        • Private, State and Federal Insurance
        • Understanding your health insurance
        • Dealing With a Claim Denial
        • Other Ways to Get Insurance
        • Financial Planning
        • What is the ACA?
      • Sex and Intimacy
        • Birth Control and Breast Cancer
        • Maintaining Sexual Life
        • If You Feel Pain During Sex
        • Sexual Side Effects
        • Body Image and Sexuality
        • Improving Sexual Health With Medical Approaches
        • Improving Sexual Health With Self Care
        • Talking With Your Partner About Sex and Intimacy
        • Talking With Your Healthcare Team About Sex and Intimacy
      • Signs of Recurrence
    • Learning from Others
      • Ask the Expert
    • Additional Resources
  • Get Support
    • In Person
    • Online
    • By Phone
    • In Print
      • Guides to Understanding
      • Breast Cancer Worksheets
    • Videos
      • Expert Videos
      • Let's Talk About It
      • Style How-To’s For Women with Breast Cancer
      • Treatment Prep
    • Living Beyond Breast Cancer Fund
      • Support the Fund
    • 5 Ways We Can Help
    • Get Involved
    • Additional Resources
    • Support Options
  • How You Can Help
    • Donate
      • Donate Now
      • COVID-19 Response
      • Gift in Honor or Memory Of
      • Matching Gifts
      • Planned Giving
      • STOCK & DONOR ADVISED FUND GIFTS
      • Workplace Giving
      • Breast Cancer Awareness Month
    • Volunteer
      • Get Involved
      • Leadership Volunteer Programs
        • Breast Cancer Helpline Volunteer
        • Community Connector
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