Radiation for Stage 4 Breast Cancer: 155 Real Stories

HER2-Positive Recurrent Breast Cancer Treated With Multiple Targeted and Local Therapies

Patient Info: Anonymized, female, 50s | Stage IV

Biomarkers: 2008 recurrence: ER 80%, HER2 FISH amplified. 2011 recurrence: ER 80%

Metastatic Site: liver, skin

After 25 cycles of eribulin, treatment was still ongoing; nodal disease remained stable, while later imaging also noted new metabolic activity in the upper lung.

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Metastatic Breast Cancer With Brain, Bone, Lung and Liver Disease Responding During Eribulin Treatment

Patient Info: Anonymized, female, 40s | Stage IV

Biomarkers: Initial tumor: ER 90%, HER2 negative, Ki67 10%. Lung metastasis: ER 90%

Metastatic Site: lung, bone, brain, liver

Eribulin remained ongoing with reduced brain lesions, stable bone disease and continued shrinkage of liver metastases after prior systemic progression.

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Breast cancer returning 21 years later as a solitary parotid metastasis

Patient Info: Anonymized, Female, 70+ | Stage IV

Biomarkers: Parotid metastasis ER positive; PR positive; HER2 borderline by IHC but FISH 1.82

Metastatic Site: left parotid gland

More than 5 months after the parotid metastasis was diagnosed, the tumour had slightly decreased in size and her metastatic disease remained stable on endocrine therapy.

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Breast cancer returning years later in the biceps muscle

Patient Info: Anonymized, Female, 60s | Stage IV

Biomarkers: ER positive

Metastatic Site: left biceps muscle

Her arm symptoms improved considerably after radiotherapy, and MRI 6 months later showed a significant decrease in the size of the biceps tumour.

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Stage IV HER2-Positive Breast Cancer: Sarah's Patient Story

Patient Info: Sarah, Female, Under 40 | Stage IV

Biomarkers: HER2-positive; BRCA and other known hereditary breast cancer genes not identified in family history discussion

As of January 2017, Sarah had been living for almost 3 years with recurrent Stage IV HER2-positive breast cancer and was receiving Kadcyla every 3 weeks.

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Stage IV Breast Cancer: Debora's Patient Story

Patient Info: Debora, Female, 60s | Stage IV

Debora was living with metastatic breast cancer after Stage III disease treated with surgery, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, and targeted therapy; four years after surgery, she was told the cancer had metastasized and was on targeted therapy.

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Stage III Inflammatory Breast Cancer Diagnosed After Severe Breast Pain and Swelling Following Mammography

Patient Info: Anonymized, female, 60s | Stage IV

Biomarkers: ER negative, PR negative, HER2 highly positive

After later metastatic disease was found, she chose no further active treatment and died of progressive disease in 2012.

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Stage IV ER/PR-positive mucinous breast cancer: long-term no evidence of disease after surgery, AFTV, radiation, CEF, and endocrine therapy

Patient Info: Anonymized, Female, 50s | Stage IV

Biomarkers: ER-positive; PR-positive; delayed-type hypersensitivity to AFTV became pseudo-positive after vaccination and remained pseudo-positive 5.4 years later

Metastatic Site: Th7 vertebra

More than 6 years after primary surgery, she remained well with no evidence of vertebral metastasis activity, new metastasis, or local recurrence.

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Metastatic lobular breast cancer to gynecologic sites: disease-free after surgery and chemotherapy

Patient Info: Anonymized, Female, 50s | Stage IV

Biomarkers: ER-positive; PR-negative; HER2/C-Erb-B2-negative

Metastatic Site: vagina, uterus, ovaries

After treatment of vaginal, uterine, and ovarian metastases from lobular breast cancer, she was free from disease 12 months after completion surgery.

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Metastatic lobular breast cancer to bladder trigone: partial response to tamoxifen

Patient Info: Anonymized, Female, 60s | Stage IV

Biomarkers: progesterone receptor-positive; genetic testing including BRCA1 negative

Metastatic Site: bladder trigone

As of January 2012, urge incontinence had resolved and PET showed decreased activity in the breast and bladder trigone lesions nearly 10 months after starting tamoxifen, consistent with clinical and partial radiologic remission.

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Lobular breast cancer with extraocular muscle and lung metastases: ocular improvement after radiotherapy and tamoxifen

Patient Info: Anonymized, Female, 60s | Stage IV

Biomarkers: Original breast cancer: ER-negative; PR-negative. Extraocular muscle metastasis/recurrent disease: ER strongly positive; PR strongly positive.

Metastatic Site: bilateral extraocular muscles, right upper lobe lung,…

At 18 months after presentation with extraocular muscle metastases, PET showed no abnormality, diplopia had resolved, and ocular motility had markedly improved, with mild bilateral ptosis remaining.

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