Stage 2 Breast Cancer and Survival Rates

Stage 2 breast cancer, needless to say, more in advance that his predecessor. General changes include increasing the size of the tumor, the possible inclusion of a small portion of the surrounding lymph nodes, a wider range of infections. Stage 2 breast cancer is a type of invasive carcinoma, penetrating the regional lymph nodes and beyond.

According to the TNM definition, Stage 2 breast cancer is called T3/T4 N (1 or 0) M0. To understand this fully, this stage is broken down into 2 stages. Stage2 and Stage 2B

As with most cancers, Stage 2 breast cancer first stage of the TNM staging system is the name of T3 N0 M0 or N1, which means that the tumor has reached the level of the third degree, there still was no nodular involvement, and metastasis has not yet begun. In the first stage, the tumor can be measured about 2cm or less, and penetrated the axillary lymph nodes or measures from 2cm-5cm, but not yet infected axillary lymph nodes.

Phase 2B, on the other hand, has the name of the TNM staging T4 N0 or N1 M0. Simply put, this means that the size of the tumor is already in its fourth stage, the inclusion of nodules are more likely, but there were no signs of metastases. At this stage, tumor size was 2 cm or larger, but does not go beyond 5 cm, and penetrated the axillary nodes. Another case is that the tumor had gone beyond 5 cm, but no nodes.

treatment

The recommended treatment plan at this stage of the surgery + therapy (or radiation or chemotherapeutic drugs). Because the cancer cells begin to increase the degree of difficulty, a more potent treatment regimen is also needed. Your Doctor May we suggest either lumpectomy or mastectomy, depending on how broadly the infected area, and in some cases, removal of affected lymph nodes will be needed. After surgery, you will be subjected to a series of chemotherapy or radiation therapy session to kill any remaining cancer cells that were not taken into surgery. Routine blood and other laboratory work ups can still be done after operative to monitor your recovery phase.

survival rate

Assuming you had a successful surgery and your treatment plan seemed to be doing you good, the highest survival rate for this stage is about 81%, while the lowest is around 74%. However, there have been cases reported where patients have actually exceeded the maximum standard length of survival and lived more than five years.