My mother was diagnosed tripal negative breast cancer she had gone through 8 chemo and 25 radio
After pet and MRI scans there was few cell that traveled to brain for wich again 10 cycle of radio happened. Now doctor is suggesting to have everolinus is it recommend for tripal negative patients
Also what's the solution as most of the doctors says that if has traveled to brain we cannot perform surgery keeping age factor in mind plz help and suggest what to do
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When a cancer travels from the organ of origin to any other organ in the body (to brain, in your mother's case), it is usually by the route of blood stream. And this is considered as Stage 4 cancer. In treatment of cancer, it is not what we see that we are worried of. It is what we cant see. On CT Scan, there must be some findings showing some tumours in brain or so for which the radiation was given. We see these tumours because they have grown beyond 5 mm. On CT or PET, we cannot catch something less than 3 to 5 mm. The presence of these tumours means, there could be others as well, which we are not yet able to see. Hence, surgery has no role here. Removing one tumour, will not stop many others from coming up.
Chemotherapy or Targeted Therapy is the right way forward. Everolimus is a newer agent tried in these situations. Your Medical Oncologist is the best person to guide you further in this. I suggest you continue with the treatment and let's keep fingers crossed for your mother.
As far as Dr. Shah has explained the concept of spreading (Metastasis) from one origin of primary tumour to other parts of the organs via blood is absolutely right and undetectable in PET scans. Even my aunt has got the metastatic condition where she has undergone the Circulating tumour cells (CTC) test to know the CTC count in her blood as a prognostic factor. Please consult your Doctor regarding these tests.
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