Hello and thanks for posting,

The place where a cancer starts in the body is called the primary cancer or primary site. Cells from the primary site may break away and spread to other parts of the body. These cells can then grow and form other tumours. These are then called secondary cancers or metastases. 

Cancers can spread through the blood stream or the lymphatic system which you can read more about here

A primary cancer is diagnosed by a pathologist when they look at the cells under the microscope. They can tell where the cells originated from as cells in different parts of the body are very different depending on which part of the body they come from.

Patients can have several primary cancers.  Although not common it is possible to have a second or third primary cancer because new seperate cancers can start in other parts of the body.

Every patient is discussed in an MDT (Multi Disciplinary Team) meeting where each individual patient is discussed in some detail with all of the different doctors involved in the care of the patient. The patient is given a stage (how big the cancer is) and grade (what the cells look like) and then they can work out the most appropriate treatment. You can read more about the stage and grade for breast cancer here 

I am not sure when you talk about 'melting treatments.'

There are many different treatments available to treat breast cancer but not all breast cancers need to be treated in the same way. Doctors take in to account many different factors in deciding who has what treatment. We have some information about how treatment decisions are reached which you may find helpful to read here

If you have concerns about what treatment you have been offered then do discuss with your breast care nurse or your specialist how they decided what treatment would be most suitable for your cancer.

You are of course more then welcome to ring and speak to one of the helpline nurses.

We are here Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm and our number is freephone 0808 800 4040.

All the best,

Catherine

Hello and thanks for posting,

The place where a cancer starts in the body is called the primary cancer or primary site. Cells from the primary site may break away and spread to other parts of the body. These cells can then grow and form other tumours. These are then called secondary cancers or metastases. 

Cancers can spread through the blood stream or the lymphatic system which you can read more about here

A primary cancer is diagnosed by a pathologist when they look at the cells under the microscope. They can tell where the cells originated from as cells in different parts of the body are very different depending on which part of the body they come from.

Patients can have several primary cancers.  Although not common it is possible to have a second or third primary cancer because new seperate cancers can start in other parts of the body.

Every patient is discussed in an MDT (Multi Disciplinary Team) meeting where each individual patient is discussed in some detail with all of the different doctors involved in the care of the patient. The patient is given a stage (how big the cancer is) and grade (what the cells look like) and then they can work out the most appropriate treatment. You can read more about the stage and grade for breast cancer here 

I am not sure when you talk about 'melting treatments.'

There are many different treatments available to treat breast cancer but not all breast cancers need to be treated in the same way. Doctors take in to account many different factors in deciding who has what treatment. We have some information about how treatment decisions are reached which you may find helpful to read here

If you have concerns about what treatment you have been offered then do discuss with your breast care nurse or your specialist how they decided what treatment would be most suitable for your cancer.

You are of course more then welcome to ring and speak to one of the helpline nurses.

We are here Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm and our number is freephone 0808 800 4040.

All the best,

Catherine

Thankyou Catherine it's much as I had thought & of course read here on this site & Google. To clarify melting cancer on TV the ad where cancer melts due to chemo. Great detail thanks again.pip