Q: Which doctor treats breast cancer?
A: Breast cancer is treated by a surgical oncologist.
Q: Is triple-negative breast cancer genetic?
A: Triple-negative breast cancer has been associated with certain genes like mutation of the BRCA1 gene. In addition, it is more common in certain races and patients may have others in the family suffering from the same cancer. Therefore, it is likely that the cancer has a genetic basis.
Q: How can triple-negative breast cancer spread to other parts of the body?
A: As for other cancers, triple-negative breast cancer can spread locally to surrounding tissue, through the lymphatics to the lymph nodes and other parts, as well as through the blood.
Q: What are the molecular subtypes of breast cancer?
A: Molecular subtypes of breast cancer are luminal A (ER positive and histologic low grade), luminal B (ER positive and histologic high grade), HER2 overexpressing, basal-like (2 types – BL1 and BL2), immunomodulatory (IM), mesenchymal (M), mesenchymal stem-like (MSL) [3] and normal breast-like tumors.
