Ask-the-Expert Conferences: Types of Breast Cancer

In these Ask-the-Expert online conferences, our experts answered questions about symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of different types of breast cancer. Some of the questions include:

• “If ER/PR/HER2 fuels breast cancer, what is fueling triple-negative breast cancer?” Answer.
• "What causes inflammatory breast cancer? How is it normally treated?” Answer.
• "What are the best-known chemotherapies (along with Herceptin with accompanied HER2/neu gene present) to fight ER/PR-negative breast tumors?” Answer.
• “Are there any special dietary recommendations for someone with hormone-receptor-negative cancer to follow, with particular attention to the use of soy and any other nutritional supplements?" Answer.
• “I am unsure if I have IBC. I am a 42-year-old female whose right breast inflames, turns red, and has a burning sensation. It has felt ‘tight,’ and increasingly so for the past two and a half years. Could this be IBC?” Answer.

The conference transcripts in this section are part of the Breastcancer.org Ask-the-Expert Online Conference program.

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