Talking to Your Family About Your Metastatic Breast Cancer Diagnosis

Your loved ones care deeply about your happiness and your health, so when you find out you have been diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer — or breast cancer that has spread beyond the breast — you might worry about how your friends and family will handle the news.

“It can be very scary to think about how you're gonna tell your family, and how they're gonna react to this,” says Natalie Berger, MD, hematologist and oncologist at The Mount Sinai Hospital. “Now, not only are you going through this, but your family is going to be going through it with you as well."

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Lauren Smith, MA

Lauren Smith, MA, has worked in health journalism since 2017. Before joining GoodRx, she was the senior health editor and writer for HealthiNation.

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