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First site for metastasis?

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Question from Pam: Is there a 'usual' first site for metastatic disease to show up?: Answer —Eric Winer, M.D.: Breast cancer can show up in a number of different places. The most common place for breast cancer to spread to is the bone, but it's by no means the only place. Of all of the places that breast cancer spreads to, the one place that is very uncommon as a first site is the brain. When a woman's had breast cancer—because breast cancer can potentially spread to a number of different places—if she has a new or unexplained symptom and it persists for a few weeks or longer, that's something to talk to her doctor about.

On Wednesday, September 17, 2003, our Ask-the-Expert Online Conference was called Metastatic Breast Cancer. Musa Mayer, Eric P. Winer, M.D., and Marisa Weiss, M.D. answered your questions about treatment and quality of life issues related to advanced (metastatic) breast cancer.

The materials presented in these conferences do not necessarily reflect the views of Breastcancer.org. A qualified healthcare professional should be consulted before using any therapeutic product or regimen discussed. All readers should verify all information and data before employing any therapies described here.

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Musa Mayer is a trained counselor with a specialty in women's issues, a patient advocate for the National Cancer Institute and has written a memoir of her own experiences with breast cancer.

Eric Winer, M.D. is director of the breast oncology center at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute's Gillette Centers for Women's Cancers and associate professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School.

Marisa Weiss, M.D. is a radiation oncologist specializing in breast cancer and the founder, president, and guiding force behind Breastcancer.org.

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