Clinical Case: Miss Anderson's Breast Lump
 
Symptoms & History

Physical Findings

Stop & Think

Lab and X-Ray

Differential Diagnosis

The Disease

Treatment

Conclusions

Quiz & Evaluation

Staging of Breast Cancer
 
Stage    Circumstances 5-yr survival
 
Stage  0 Duct cell or lobular in situ
92%
Stage I Invasive carcinoma, <2 cm.
No metastasis
87%
Stage II Invasive carcinoma, <5 cm
Involved but movable axillary nodes.
No distant metastasis
75%
Stage III Invasive cancer >5cm, with nodal involvement.
Any cancer with ipsilateral internal mammary node involvement.
Any cancer with chest wall fixation, skin or pectoral involvement, inflammatory carcinoma.
No distant metastasis.
46%
Stage IV Any cancer with distant metastasis (including ipsilateral supraclavicular lymph nodes).
13%
 
Factors influencing prognosis.                                 Back
 

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