..are worried about ann, a long term patient. hello? hello, ann, morning, carlo. hi, carlo! how are you? not too good round me stomach area. tenderness, pain and i have also got bruising. i want to get you up into the hospital, and i want to do a magnet scan of the liver. so we will see you up here later on today, 0k? 0k. ann s condition is deteriorating. can you request the mri liver, cos i can t do that? she is being called in for urgent treatment. we will catch up with her later. the aim of treatment is to prolong life, control symptoms, ensure quality of life, but unfortunately, in those circumstances, it s not possible to eradicate or cure the disease. you have to have one injection then l another one, two weeks later. l for alina, every checkup is about tracking the progress of her disease. highly specialised treatment can hold cancer in check, potentially for years. you vejust been in. how is it? it wasn t totally positive, but it wasn t horrendous either.
audit of people with secondary breast cancer is about to begin, jeremy cooke speaks to patients about the importance of being counted, being heard and getting the best treatment to live as long as possible. i got my diagnosis two years ago. i had a tumour in my breast that was relatively large. are you 0k to step on the scales, please? yeah. alina is a young mum with a devastating diagnosis. i was automatically stage iv, metastases in my liver, spleen, spine, hips and sternum. secondary breast cancer. stage iv is classed as terminal, and to hear that language at the age of 32 with a ten month old is quite scary. come on, darling. with her husband on the speakerphone. hi, andy, can you hear me? hi, prof. 0k. ..alina is here to see breast cancer specialist, professor carlo palmieri. how are you feeling? i m feeling great. i ve got an appointment
for some scan results. still got a level of anxiety for the appointment today. they also caught a new bone lesion in part of the pelvis on the left. right, 0k. secondary or metastatic breast cancer, both terms are used, is where the breast cancer has spread outside of the breast or the armpit, to other sites in the body, so common sites involved are bone, liver, lung, and sometimes the brain. while primary breast cancer has good survival rates, for about 30% of patients, it spreads to other parts of the body. it becomes secondary breast cancer. and that is a terminal condition. she has had her chest done. the clatterbridge cancer centre in liverpool is regarded as state of the art. it looks like it s all disease related, doesn t it? - today, carlo and specialist nursejo francis. we need to get her in.
can ijust have a moment? it is one of the hardest things, is talking about you might not be able to take her through all of her milestones as a young lady and my husband might have to do that. with professor carlo palmieri and my team, i m sure i will see it. back in the clinic. team, i m sure i will see it. back in the clinic, carlo team, i m sure i will see it. back in the clinic, carlo is team, i m sure i will see it. back in the clinic, carlo is worried. i team, i m sure i will see it. back. in the clinic, carlo is worried. how are ou? in the clinic, carlo is worried. how are you? not in the clinic, carlo is worried. how are you? not too in the clinic, carlo is worried. how are you? not too good in the clinic, carlo is worried. how are you? not too good around i in the clinic, carlo is worried. how are you? not too good around the j are you? not too good around the stomach area. are you? not too good around the stomach area, i are you? not too good around the stomac