Slideshow: Where Breast Cancer Spreads
Medically Reviewed by Brunilda Nazario, MD on October 12, 2023
When Cancer Goes Beyond Your Breast
Most Common Places It Spreads
Lymph Nodes
Bones
Liver
Lungs
Brain
Treatments
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SOURCES:
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute: "Metastatic Breast Cancer Expertise."
Dr. Susan Love Research Foundation.
American Cancer Society.
BreastCancer.org
Inflammatory Breast Cancer Research Foundation.
National Cancer Institute.
U.S. Preventive Services Task Force.
Cancer Research U.K.: "Symptoms of Secondary Breast Cancer."