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Metastatic breast cancer

Última revisão: 8 Feb 2026
Última atualização: 20 Jan 2026

Resumo

Definição

História e exame físico

Principais fatores diagnósticos

  • bone pain
  • pleural effusion
  • palpable mass after treatment of the primary tumor
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Outros fatores diagnósticos

  • shortness of breath
  • cough (nonproductive)
  • anorexia
  • weight loss
  • neurologic symptoms (e.g., neuralgic pain, weakness, headaches, seizures)
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Fatores de risco

  • female sex
  • age >50 years
  • family history of breast, ovarian, pancreatic, and/or prostate cancer
  • breast cancer susceptibility genes (BRCA1, BRCA2, CDH1, PALB2, PTEN, STK11, and TP53)
  • tumor >5 cm in diameter
  • high number of positive axillary lymph nodes (e.g., >10)
  • lymphovascular invasion
  • high-risk 70-gene signature
  • high-risk 21-gene signature
  • high-risk PAM50 gene signature
  • Lynch syndrome (hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer)
  • CHEK2 mutations
  • ATM mutations
  • minimal residual disease (MRD)
  • bone metastasis and lung metastasis gene signatures
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Investigações diagnósticas

Primeiras investigações a serem solicitadas

  • CBC
  • LFTs
  • calcium
  • CT (of chest and abdomen)
  • bone scan (scintigraphy)
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Investigações a serem consideradas

  • MRI (focused on area of concern, e.g., brain, spinal cord, bone)
  • FDG-PET/CT scan
  • biopsy of metastatic lesion
  • germline testing for high-penetrance breast cancer susceptibility genes
  • additional biomarker testing
  • echocardiogram
  • multigated acquisition (MUGA) scan
  • pleural cytology
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Algoritmo de tratamento

CONTÍNUA

hormone receptor-positive, HER2-negative, without visceral crisis: postmenopausal

hormone receptor-positive, HER2-negative, without visceral crisis: premenopausal

hormone receptor-positive, HER2-positive, without visceral crisis: postmenopausal

hormone receptor-positive, HER2-positive, without visceral crisis: premenopausal

hormone receptor-negative, HER2-positive, without visceral crisis

PD-L1-negative, triple-negative (hormone receptor-negative, HER2-negative), without visceral crisis

PD-L1-positive, triple-negative (hormone receptor-negative, HER2-negative), without visceral crisis

hormone receptor-positive or negative, HER2-negative, with visceral crisis

hormone receptor-positive or negative, HER2-positive, with visceral crisis

Colaboradores

Autores

Edward Sauter, MD, PhD
Edward Sauter

Medical and Program Officer

Division of Cancer Prevention

National Cancer Institute

Rockville

MD

Declarações

ES declares that he has no competing interests.

Wajeeha Razaq, MD

Breast Cancer Site Chair

University Oklahoma School of Medicine

Oklahoma City

OK

Divulgaciones

WR declares that she has no competing interests.

Agradecimientos

Dr Edward Sauter and Dr Wajeeha Razaq would like to gratefully acknowledge Dr Puja Nistala, Dr Donald Doll, Dr Carl E. Freter and Dr Michael Perry, previous contributors to this topic.

Divulgaciones

PN, DD, CEF and MP declare that they have no competing interests.

Revisores por pares

Alan Neville, MD

Professor

Assistant Dean

Undergraduate Program

McMaster University

Hamilton

Ontario

Canada

Divulgaciones

AN declares that he has no competing interests.

Gianfilippo Bertelli, MD, PhD, FRCP (Edin)

Consultant

Honorary Senior Lecturer in Medical Oncology

South West Wales Cancer Centre

Swansea

UK

Divulgaciones

GB has received honoraria for participation in advisory boards (AstraZeneca, Novartis, Pfizer, Roche, GSK, Cephalon, Amgen, Sanofi, Aventis), speaker's fees (AstraZeneca, Novartis, Sanofi, Aventis), and hospitality at conferences (AstraZeneca, Novartis, Pfizer, Roche, Aventis).

Christos Vaklavas, MD

Assistant Professor

Division of Hematology/Oncology

Department of Medicine

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Birmingham

AL

Divulgaciones

CV declares that University of Alabama at Birmingham has received research support from Pfizer, F. Hoffmann-La Roche, and Incyte.

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Artículos principales

Gennari A, André F, Barrios CH, et al. ESMO clinical practice guideline for the diagnosis, staging and treatment of patients with metastatic breast cancer. Ann Oncol. 2021 Dec;32(12):1475-95.Texto completo  Resumen

National Comprehensive Cancer Network. NCCN clinical practice guidelines in oncology: breast cancer [internet publication].Texto completo

Rugo HS, Rumble B, Macrae E, et al. Endocrine therapy for hormone receptor-positive metastatic breast cancer: American Society of Clinical Oncology Guideline. J Clin Oncol. 2016 Sep 1;34(25):3069-103.Texto completo  Resumen

Giordano SH, Franzoi MAB, Temin S, et al. Systemic therapy for advanced human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-positive breast cancer: ASCO guideline update. J Clin Oncol. 2022 Aug 10;40(23):2612-35.Texto completo  Resumen

Van Poznak C, Somerfield MR, Barlow WE, et al. Role of bone-modifying agents in metastatic breast cancer: an American Society of Clinical Oncology-Cancer Care Ontario focused guideline update. J Clin Oncol. 2017 Dec 10;35(35):3978-86.Texto completo  Resumen

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