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Breast Cancer | Last Active: Aug 7, 2023 | Replies (38)Comment receiving replies
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@seathink you may have misunderstood. I know what stage 4 means. The problem we have is how it can be detected early, without routine tests or scans.
After we finish treatment, many of us don't even see an oncologist anymore. I message them if I have intense bone pain, for instance, and they just say to see my PCP for an x-ray.
Every instance of stage 4 that I know personally has been found randomly during imaging for something else entirely.
The possibility of blood tests for detection is a major breakthrough.