Everything About Breast Cancer

Breast cancer is categorized as Stage III A when any of the following occurs: there is no tumor in the breast but cancer cells exist in the axillary lymph nodes; there is a 5-centimeter or smaller tumor and cancer cells has spread to the lymph nodes that are attached to other structures; or the tumor is more than 5 centimeters and cancer cells has spread in the lymph nodes.

Stage III B has a tumor and the cancer cells have spread to the tissues of the skin, ribs or chest wall, and in the lymph nodes in the breast or under the arms.

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