Last stage of prostate cancer

Answer 1

Known as locally or regionally advanced breast cancer, Stage III can present in three different manners: Stage IIIA, the tumor is larger than 5 cm and has spread to axillary lymph nodes that are connected as well to the surrounding breast tissue (stroma); Stage IIII B, the tumor is smaller than 5 cm but has spread not only to axillary lymph nodes but also lymph nodes above the collarbone; and inflammatory Breast cancer in which cancer has spread to lymphatic vessels in lymph skin causing inflammation of tissue. The five year survival rate is between 54-67%.

Answer 2

The term "stages" as it applies to cancer refers to a chronological progression, commencing with inception (stage 0) and proceeding most likely through Stage IV, where the cancer is no longer confined to the breasts and axilary lymph nodes, and has metastasized, i.e. spread to other areas of the body. Metastatic disease can be controlled, and long productive lives can be lived over periods of time ranging up to 20 years or more, but metastatic disorder is considered to be incurable. However, this is not how it presents to the layman. Comparatively few cancers are detected stat stage zero -- there's very little sign of their presence. At stage zero you're very unlikley to detect this via self-examination (the most common means of detection at this time), mammography (a singularly insufficient means of detection, more useful for confirmation), or testing for cancer markers in the blood (why would you perform this expensive test without suspiciion there's something to test for?). And so, the cancer stages are viewed more as a means of measuring the size of the tumor(s) more than a point on a time line (and infact Stage III, for instance, is defined as a tumour that presents as a 5cm diameter mass). In other words, medicine uses this scale as a timeline; laymen tend to use it as a means of guaging severity. Clearly, the two definitions are close, but not identical, and much confusion arises. A cancer is named or defined by its type at inception, so a person can have breast cancer that has metastasized to other parts of the body far from the breast, and in fact at this time, the breast may well be cancer free (thus giving us a good medical naming convention, but a difficult one -- again -- for laymen). Once stage IV is reached, the cancer is no longer exclusively proximal to the breast and thus is the "last" stage -- but it does not mean the patient is necessarily closer to mortality.

Answer 3

Stage 4- The cancer has spread to other organs and usually the bones as well.

Answer 4

Stage 4