| > | | | | may be less and it may spread to the axillary |
| To better understand the breast cancer problem, | | | | lymph nodes. It is also possible that the tumor |
| it is very necessary to divide the problem into | | | | may be larger than 2 centimeters but it is not |
| various stages. Read this article to learn about the | | | | larger than 5 centimeters and it is also not spread |
| various stages of breast cancer. The stage of the | | | | to the axillary lymph nodes. |
| cancer basically depends upon the size of the | | | | 5. In stage II B the tumor is of the size of 2 |
| tumor. It is very necessary to divide the problem | | | | centimeters but it is not larger than the size of 5 |
| into various stages as to understand properly | | | | centimeter and it has also spread to the axillary |
| about the outcome of the disease, to draw any | | | | lymph nodes or it is also possible that the tumor |
| result about the cancer and their possible | | | | is 5 centimeters but it has not spread to the |
| treatment. | | | | axillary lymph nodes. |
| There are different stages of cancer. | | | | 6. Stage III is divided into subcategories which are |
| 1. Stage 0 - This stage is related with DCIS and | | | | known as IIIA, IIIB and IIIC. |
| LCIS and is used to describe non-invasive breast | | | | 7. In stage IIIA usually there is no tumor. Cancer |
| cancers. In stage 0 there is no evidence of non | | | | is found in the lymph nodes or spread to the |
| cancerous abnormal cell or cancerous cells. There | | | | lymph nodes near the breast bone. The tumor |
| are no other abnormal cells which will break out of | | | | may be 5 centimeters or smaller or it may be |
| the part of the breast or invading neighboring | | | | larger than 5 centimeters which are spread to |
| normal tissue. | | | | axillary lymph nodes and are clumped together or |
| 2. Stage I is related with the invasive breast | | | | sticking to other structures. It describes invasive |
| cancer in which there is no involvement of lymph | | | | breast cancer. |
| nodes and the measurement of the tumor may | | | | 8. Stage IIIB considers inflammatory breast |
| be up to 2 centimeters. | | | | cancer. |
| 3. Stage II is divided into two subcategories | | | | 9. In this stage the tumor spread to chest wall or |
| known as IIA and IIB. | | | | the skin of the breast, it has spread above or |
| 4. Stage IIA is related with invasive breast cancer | | | | below the collar bone and to lymph nodes near |
| in which there is no tumor in the breast but in the | | | | the breastbone |
| axillary lymph nodes cancer cells are found and | | | | 10. In stage IV it affects other organs of the |
| the measurement of tumor is 2 centimeters or it | | | | body also like lungs, bone, liver or brain. |