Can metastatic breast cancer spread to liver?
About 50% of people diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer develop liver metastases, and 5% to 12% of these people develop liver metastases as the main site of breast cancer recurrence.
What are the symptoms of metastatic breast cancer in the liver?
Loss of appetite and weight loss are also common symptoms. If your liver is enlarged and pressing on your stomach it may cause a feeling of fullness that worsens your poor appetite. Tiredness and fatigue are common symptoms of breast cancer and especially of liver metastases.
What is the prognosis for liver metastases?
– Unexplained weight loss – Loss of appetite – Nausea and vomiting – Abdominal pain – Yellowing of the skin and whites of the eyes – Itchy skin – Fever and sweating.
What is the latest treatment for metastatic breast cancer?
Chemotherapy
What is the survival rate of metastatic liver cancer?
When liver cancer metastasizes, it most commonly spreads to the lungs and bones. The five-year survival rate for a patient whose liver cancer has spread to surrounding tissue, organs and/or lymph nodes is estimated at 11 percent. The five-year survival rate for a patient whose liver cancer has spread to distant tissue, organs and/or lymph nodes is estimated at 3 percent.
What are the symptoms of liver metastases?
Symptoms of liver metastases may vary, which depend on the affected individual health conditions. Discoloration of the skin or yellow skin and eye color formation; and dark-colored urine (jaundice) Discomfort and swelling of the abdomen caused by a buildup of fluid (called ascites) and.