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    The document discusses how breast cancer is diagnosed through physical exams, mammograms, ultrasounds, and biopsies to examine breast tissue for abnormal cell growth, and outlines the various stages of breast cancer from early to late stages based on tumor size and lymph node involvement. It also provides basic information on who is most at risk for developing breast cancer, common symptoms to watch for, and which organizations can provide more resources.

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    The document discusses how breast cancer is diagnosed through physical exams, mammograms, ultrasounds, and biopsies to examine breast tissue for abnormal cell growth, and outlines the various stages of breast cancer from early to late stages based on tumor size and lymph node involvement. It also provides basic information on who is most at risk for developing breast cancer, common symptoms to watch for, and which organizations can provide more resources.

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    The document discusses how breast cancer is diagnosed through physical exams, mammograms, ultrasounds, and biopsies to examine breast tissue for abnormal cell growth, and outlines the various stages of breast cancer from early to late stages based on tumor size and lymph node involvement. It also provides basic information on who is most at risk for developing breast cancer, common symptoms to watch for, and which organizations can provide more resources.

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    The document discusses how breast cancer is diagnosed through physical exams, mammograms, ultrasounds, and biopsies to examine breast tissue for abnormal cell growth, and outlines the various stages of breast cancer from early to late stages based on tumor size and lymph node involvement. It also provides basic information on who is most at risk for developing breast cancer, common symptoms to watch for, and which organizations can provide more resources.

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    How is Breast

    Cancer
    Diagnosed?

    During your regular physical exam,


    The Breast Breast
    your doctor will take a careful
    Cancer
    personal and family history and
    Cancer
    perform a breast exam and
    Research
    possibly order a mammogram or
    Awareness
    an ultrasound of the breasts. In
    certain women who are at Foundation
    increased risk for breast cancer, an Basic Information
    MRI may be ordered. Based on the
    Needed for Breast
    results of these tests, your doctor
    may or may not request a biopsy
    28 West 44th Cancer Awareness
    to get a sample of the breast mass Street, Suite
    609, New York,
    cells or tissue. After the sample is
    removed, it is sent to a lab for
    testing. A pathologist -- a doctor
    who specializes in diagnosing
    NY 10036
    Phone: 646-497
    abnormal tissue changes -- views
    the sample under a microscope
    and looks for abnormal cell shapes
    or growth patterns.
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    Toll Free: 1-866-
    FIND-A-CURE
    E-mail:
    [email protected] Monique Alves
    What Are the Stages Who Gets Breast Symptoms of Breast Cancer
    of Breast Cancer? Cancer? Lump or thickening in or near the

    Breast cancer ranks second as a breast or in the underarm that


    Early stage or stage 0 breast cancer is
    when the disease is localized to the persists through the menstrual cycle.
    breast with no evidence of spread to the
    cause of cancer death in women
    lymph nodes (carcinoma in situ). (after lung cancer). Today, about 1 A mass or lump, which may feel as
    Stage I breast cancer: The cancer is 2 in 8 women will develop breast small as a pea.
    centimeters or less in size and it hasn't
    spread anywhere. cancer in her lifetime. The American
    A change in the size, shape, or
    Cancer Society estimated that
    Stage IIA breast cancer is a tumor smaller contour of the breast.
    than 2 centimeters across with lymph in 2017, about 252,710 women will
    node involvement or a tumor that is
    larger than 2 but less than 5 centimeters be diagnosed with invasive breast A blood-stained or clear fluid
    across without underarm lymph node
    cancer and about 40,610 will die discharge from the nipple.
    involvement.
    from the disease.
    Stage IIB is a tumor that is greater than 5 A change in the feel or appearance
    centimeters across without underarm
    lymph nodes testing positive for cancer Only 5% to 10% of breast cancers of the skin on the breast or nipple
    or a tumor that is larger than 2 but less (dimpled, puckered, scaly, or
    than 5 centimeters across with lymph occur in women with a clearly
    node involvement. defined genetic predisposition for inflamed).

    Stage IIIA breast cancer is also called the disease. The majority of breast Redness of the skin on the breast or
    locally advanced breast cancer. The
    tumor is larger than 5 centimeters and cancer cases are "sporadic," nipple.
    has spread to the lymph nodes under the
    arm or near the breastbone, or a tumor
    meaning there is no direct family
    that is any size with cancerous lymph
    A change in shape or position of the
    history of the disease. The risk for
    nodes that adhere to one another or nipple
    surrounding tissue. developing breast cancer increases
    Stage IIIB breast cancer is a tumor of any as a woman ages. An area that is distinctly different
    size that has spread to the skin or chest from any other area on either
    wall.
    breast.
    Stage IIIC breast cancer is a tumor of any
    size that has spread more extensively
    A marble-like hardened
    and involves more lymph node invasion.
    area under the skin.
    Stage IV breast cancer is defined as a
    tumor, regardless of size, that has spread
    to places far away from the breast, such
    as bones, lungs, liver, brain, or distant
    lymph nodes.

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