Fighting Cancer What Elizabeth Edwards Can Expect
NEWSWEEK: Let’s start with a definition. What is metastatic breast cancer? My understanding is that there are two kinds: metastatic cancer found at the time of the original diagnosis, which constitute about 10 percent of cases, and metastatic cancer diagnosed later (in a recurrence). Can you explain? Jo Anne Zujewski: Clinically, the most important distinction is whether the breast-cancer cells are confined to the breast and lymph nodes—this is sometimes referred to as early-stage breast cancer—or if they are in distant sites, such as the bone, liver, lungs....