Mets
Mets – short for metastatic, metastasized, or metastasis.
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MX
Mastectomy – a breast cancer treatment that involves the removal of the entire breast.
Ooph
An oophorectomy is the surgical removal of the ovaries. An oophorectomy is one of the ways that some people with ER-positive cancer suppress the estrogen in their bodies.
Rads
Radiation. Radiation therapy is a treatment for breast cancer that uses concentrated radiation to kill affected cancer cells.
Recon
Breast reconstruction – when breast mounds are made after a mastectomy. Reconstructed breasts can be made from implants of your own skin or fat tissue.
Survivor
Survivor generally refers to someone who has had stage 1-3 breast cancer and is done with their surgeries or active treatment.
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Targeted Therapy
Targeted therapy consists of non-cytotoxic chemotherapy drugs that target cancer cells but don’t affect healthy cells.
Targeted therapy may refer to drugs that can be used to treat HER2-positive breast cancers, such as:
- Herceptin
- Kadcyla
- Nerlynx
- Perjeta
- Tykerb
TCHP
TCHP is a common treatment course for triple-positive breast cancer consisting of Taxotere, carboplatin, Herceptin, and Perjeta.
TNBC
Triple-negative breast cancer is a type of breast cancer where the cells don’t have ER/PR receptors or HER2 receptor trains.
Triple Positive
ER/PR positive and HER2-positive breast cancer.