Can Breast Cancer with Brain Metastasis Be Cured? How Long Can Survival Be with Treatment?

Breast cancer brain metastasis is usually incurable, but the survival period can be extended. The specific survival time depends on the treatment effect, usually ranging from six weeks to six months. Brain metastasis is more common in the later stages of breast cancer, and it is a serious condition that can lead to symptoms such as vomiting, dizziness, headache, blurred vision, and difficulty walking. Single-site brain metastasis from breast cancer can be cured or controlled through stereotactic radiotherapy or surgical resection. Breast cancer itself is a malignancy with relatively good prognosis, and it is sensitive to radiotherapy or chemotherapy. Therefore, surgical resection of single metastatic foci can be used to achieve the purpose of prolonging survival time for single-site brain metastasis from breast cancer.

Multiple brain metastases tend to use traditional Chinese medicine combined with cellular immunotherapy, which can help reduce toxic and side effects, reduce pain, and prolong survival time. Therefore, this method is becoming increasingly widely used. Since the brain is an important organ of the human body, if cancer cells enter the brain and compress the central nervous system, and no timely treatment measures are taken, the average survival time of patients is only about six weeks. If only whole-brain radiotherapy is used, the survival time of breast cancer metastasis can only reach about six months. Although some drugs can be effective, they are relatively rare in clinical practice. In addition to brain metastasis, breast cancer can also metastasize to other parts, such as bone metastasis and liver metastasis. Therefore, the treatment of this disease should first control the primary lesion. If metastasis has occurred, it is necessary to control the condition in time. If metastasis can be controlled in time, the survival time can be effectively prolonged.