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From the BCMets The Book of Knowledge

Knowledge Is Power

Since February 2000, a lot of people have been kind enough to share their experiences with metastatic breast cancer on the bcmets mailing list, and this "book of knowledge" is a distillation of the wisdom that has been contributed over the years. We believe that knowing more makes you better off, and we want to make it easier for you to find out what you need as easily as possible.

This web site is built by many people whose lives have been touched by metastatic breast cancer. None of the information here is medical advice, but we hope you find it helpful in your journey.

Metastatic Breast Cancer

Specific locations:

• Lung Mets
• Liver Mets
• Bone Mets
• Brain Mets
• Skin Mets
• Local Recurrence
• Other Sites

Treatment options

• Chemotherapy: common options are Herceptin, Taxol, Navelbine, Xeloda and Gemzar.
• Radiation to the affected area - e.g., Whole Brain Radiation and Gamma Knife
• Surgery
• Hormonal treatments such as Tamoxifen, Arimidex, Zoladex, Femera

Things to write about:

• Useful Tips
• Interpreting a pathology report
• Tumour markers
• Receptor status (ER, PR, HER)
• ...

Other Resources

This web site is part of the bcmets mailing list, which you are welcome to join.

There are many web sites related to metastatic breast cancer:

• Advanced Breast Cancer by Musa Mayer
• Metastatic Breast Cancer Network