How can I find information?

[pef2071]

My mother was diagonsed with metastatic breast cancer in her liver, 9 yrs after having her primary breast cancer. She was treated with Tamoxifen for 5 years then no other treatment was advised. She was told that the liver is the "best" place if you are going to have a metastisis and lucky to be er+.She started the aramotase inhibitor Letrozole last week. I am having  a difficult time finding information on advanced BC. Is this the best approach or is there a "cocktail" which is more aggressive to reduce the cancer load? She doesn't she the oncologist for two months. If the medicine is working what should we expect at this follow up visit, if it is not what should we expect? Do you have any web site that you would recomend?

[Cleveland Clinic]

Dear pef2071, The goals of treatment of metastatic breast cancer are to control the disease and symptoms of the disease for as long as possible.  Decisions regarding treatment are based on many factors including symptoms, overall health of the patient, prior treatments that she has had.  Also tumor features such as hormone receptor status.  Having hormone receptor positive breast cancer opens up the option of hormone therapies as treatment that would not be used with hormone receptor negative breast cancer.  

Websites such as the National Cancer Institute (www.cancer.gov), the American Cancer Society (www.cancer.org) or breastcancer.org.  Are good sites for general information about metastatic breast cancer.  However, a treatment plan that is specific to your mother’s situation is best discussed with a medical oncologist who can make treatment recommendations based on your mother’s situation specifically.   A second opinion is an option.  The best timing of this is usually when decisions about treatment are being made.