Breast Cancer Stages
Posted on August 28, 2008
Cancer is a deadly disease which advances up slowly and steadily. Cancer can be caused in any part of the body. Breast cancer is one of them which mostly affect women. Breast cancer can be caused to both men and women but usually women are more prone to it because of their make up. The breast of women consists of gland which produces milk and it is then discharged by the nipples. Breast cancer is caused because of the formation of tumor cells in the breast region. These cells then affect the healthy cells present in the breast region. These tumor cells grow up in different breast cancer stages. If diagnosed in an early stage, can be cured easily though medication and therapy.
If you are interested in learning about different breast cancer stages, read on this article as it can give you some useful information. Breast cancer grows up in different stages and can be categorized in almost 6 stages. The first stage can be named as stage 0 - in this stage no signs of development of cancer cells can be seen. In this stage no movement or invading of the healthy cells by cancer cells can be seen. The second stage is named as stage 1 - in this stage movement or invading of the healthy cells by cancer cells can be seen. At this stage the size of the tumor is not more than 2 centimeters and no affect on lymph nodes can be seen at this stage. The next stage is stage 2 - this stage shows up the invasive breast cancer. The size of the tumor at this stage is more than 2 centimeters. At this stage cancer starts affecting the lymph nodes of the arm pit of same side. This stage is not an advanced stage as the lymph nodes are still away from one another and also the surrounding tissues.
The above stated stages are considered as early stages of breast cancer. Now we will discuss the advanced breast cancer stages. The next stage is called as stage 3 - this stage is further divided into 2 sub stages, Stage 3- A and stage 3-B. Stage 3-A shows that tumor has now grown up in size to above 5 centimeters. This is considered as an advanced stage as the lymph nodes are completely affected by the tumor cells and they stuck together forming a clump. Stage 3-B shows that tumor has spread to the skin of the breast, chest, and lymph nodes. The breast becomes hard and enlarged. Stage 4 - this stage shows that breast cancer has spread to different region like arm pit, mammary lymph nodes, clavicular lymph nodes, neck and shoulder and also to the lungs, bones and other surrounding parts. This stage is called as Metastatic cancer stage.
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