Hi all, 

First time posting so I'll do a bit of background...my mum found a lump in her breast in Nov 2016 which when checked she was found to have cancer in both breasts and lymph nodes so all of 2017 was spent going through chemo and radiotherapy (she also suffered a heart attack during her chemo treatment) she's now suffering from lymphodema and has a build up of fluid and needed a CT scan to check her over. The results of that showed a mass on her breast bone and so she needed a bone scan which she had a month or so ago. When she saw her oncologist last week (alone as we weren't expecting bad news as she hasn't been asked to come in any earlier than her scheduled appointment) she was told the mass was cancer. She started denosumab injections yesterday (bone strengthening) but didn't really take in what the oncologist said to her as it was such a shock. However when I've looked online everything is saying that secondary bone cancer can't be cured..it can only be treated and it's more about palliative care to keep her pain at bay...I'm certain that her oncologist hasn't told her this as she hasn't said it to me. Does anyone know if this is the case?? She's made an appointment with our GP on Monday & im going with her so she can ask him some questions about her meds and what she needs to keep taking etc..im wondering whether to bring it up when we see him as I don't want to mention what I've read online to her myself incase my information is wrong as she will be devastated to know there's nothing they can do to get rid of it and that this is it. Thanks for reading any responses would be appreciated.