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I got through to my sister Dana tonight. Found out she does have stage 4 breast cancer. They said there just was no way to detect it early in her.. her mammogram from 3 weeks ago is clear and she has no lumps - but it is in her lymph nodes and bones.... her ribs, spine and there's a lesion on her skull. They are treating her with osteoporosis meds instead of chemo. It is relatively new treatment, but already statistically better than chemo. If it doesn't work to get her in remission, then they'll try chemo. They can still radiate spots on her bones if they don't heal, too. It is incurable, but remission can last from 3 - 20 yrs. Both of our grandmothers had breast cancer.