If you’ve hadbreast cancerbefore If your tumor has female hormones or other genetic factors, such as theHER2oncogene, that make it grow faster. If you know the stage of yourbreast cancer, you can use this quick guide to see what kinds of treatments might help. ...
Stage I breast cancer. The cancer is 2 centimeters or less in size and hasn't spread. Stage IIA breast cancer. The tumor is either: Smaller than 2 centimeters across, with underarm lymph node involvement Larger than 2 but less than 5 centimeters across, without lymph node involvement Stage...
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Early-Stage Breast Cancer: A Critical Review of Current and Emerging Practice Breast-conserving surgery followed by adjuvant radiation to reduce the risk of ipsilateral breast tumor recurrence is the mainstay of treatment for early-s... D Rodin,RM Glicksman,JT Hepel,... - 《International ...
Breast cancer and most other solid tumor cancers are staged with a system called the TNM Classification of Malignant Tumors. The abbreviation "TNM" stands for the three characteristics used to determine the stage of cancer:4 Tumor size: This refers to the size and extent of the primary (main...
Conclusions Differences in breast cancer stage, treatments, and mortality rates are present by race and ethnicity. Breast cancer survival may be improved by targeting factors, particularly socioeconomic factors, that underlie these differences. BLACK,1-7 HISPANIC white,1,2,7-10 and American Indian8...
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Breast cancer stage 3 describes the breast cancer has extend to the underarm lymph nodes and muscles but not spread to more distant sites in the body. This stage is divided into three groups, breast cancer stage 3A, 3B and 3C.
Ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) –This occurs when cancer cells fill the ducts but haven't spread through the walls into fatty tissue. Nearly all women diagnosed at this early stage can be cured. Without treatment, about 20% of DCIS cases will lead to invasive breast cancer within 10 ...
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