Journal of Practical Oncology ›› 2022, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (2): 173-177.doi: 10.11904/j.issn.1002-3070.2022.02.013

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The mechanism and treatment progress of breast cancer lung metastasis

SUN Yuanyuan, ZHANG Ningzhi, CAO Mengru   

  1. Department of Oncology,Harbin Medical University Cancer Hospital,Harbin 150081,China
  • Received:2021-03-22 Revised:2021-06-30 Online:2022-04-28 Published:2022-04-28

Abstract: Lung is a common metastatic site of advanced breast cancer.Lung metastasis may cause cough,hemoptysis,pain,pleural effusion and pulmonary dysfunction and other clinical symptoms,which seriously affect the life quality of patients.At present,there are local and systemic treatments for breast cancer lung metastasis,but the survival rate of breast cancer patients with lung metastasis is still very low.Improving the efficacy of patients and prolonging the survival time have been hot issues of concern to patients and medical workers.This paper briefly reviews the mechanism of breast cancer lung metastasis and the latest treatment progress of lung metastasis,in order to provide new ideas for the clinical treatment of breast cancer patients with lung metastasis.

Key words: Breast cancer, Lung metastasis, Systemic therapy, Local therapy, Metastatic breast cancer

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