How long can you live if breast cancer metastasizes to the lumbar spine?

How long can you live if breast cancer metastasizes to the lumbar spine?

1. It is unclear how long a woman can live if breast cancer metastasizes to the lumbar spine.

2. Breast cancer is a phenomenon in which breast epithelial cells proliferate uncontrollably under the influence of a variety of carcinogenic factors. It is generally caused by heredity, overnutrition, hormone disorders, etc. Patients often show symptoms such as breast lumps, nipple discharge, and enlarged axillary lymph nodes. In the late stage, cancer cells can metastasize to distant places and cause multi-organ lesions. If it metastasizes to the lumbar spine, the patient will experience symptoms such as low back pain and backache, and needs to seek medical attention in time. PET-CT examination is used to determine the metastasis of cancer cells, and then treatment is carried out. At this time, it is impossible to determine how long the patient can live.

3. The treatment of breast cancer is mainly surgical treatment, such as radical cure of breast cancer, improved radical cure of breast cancer, etc., and corresponding auxiliary treatments are used after surgery, such as chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and commonly used chemotherapy drugs generally include cyclophosphamide injection, doxorubicin hydrochloride injection, etc.

4. Patients should pay attention to getting enough sleep, exercising appropriately, maintaining a regular life, eating a light diet, and avoiding eating spicy and greasy foods, such as spicy chicken, fried chicken steak, etc.