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This means the cancer is larger than 2 inches or has spread to other nearby tissue, such as underarm lymph nodes. Locally advanced Breast cancer is considered Stage III.
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∙ 11y agoBreast cancer is considered advanced when it has spread from the original site to distant areas of the body.
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Is breast cancer painful?
Breast Cancer PainNot in the early stages. In advanced breast cancer, pain is a factor, both in the breast and in the underlying bones.
Can breast cancer be treated with stem cells?
Stem cell treatment is used to treat advanced breast cancer.
What are the more successful breast cancer treatment options?
There are many different options for breast cancer treatment. There are no cures for cancer. Some options for treatment include surgery, chemotherapy and radiation, and homeopathic remedies. The best course of treatment depends on the individual and how advanced the cancer is.
What cancer patients are ineligible for a sentinel lymph node biopsy?
women with cancer in more than one part of the breast; women who have had previous breast surgery, including plastic surgery; women with breast cancer in advanced stages; and women who have had radiation therapy.
What has the author Barbara L Gordon written?
Barbara L. Gordon has written: 'Breast cancer recurrence and advanced disease' -- subject(s): Popular works, Breast, Cancer, Relapse
When is breast chemotherapy not an option?
Chemotherapy for breast cancer is not an option when the patient is to sick to undergo it, or their body cannot tolerate it. Usually the more advanced the cancer the harder to treat it with just chemotherapy.
Can breast cancer turn into bone cancer?
Yes, advanced breast cancer can metastasize to skin, although it is not that common for the breast cancer to spread to areas of skin besides the affected breast. That cancer that has spread to the skin will be the same pathology as the breast cancer which are commonly carcinomas. The original breast cancer will not change into melanoma or basal cell carcinoma once it spreads to skin. That would be a second new cancer.
Is only tamoxifen control breast cancer?
Tamoxifen has also been used off label for malignant glioma (type of nervous system tumor), ovarian cancer, mastalgia (breast pain), infertility, osteoporosis, and precocious puberty.AnswerPalliative or adjunctive treatment of advanced breast cancer; reduce the incidence of breast cancer in women at high risk; reduce risk of invasive breast cancer in women with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS); metastatic male breast cancer; treatment of melanoma, desmoid tumors
What is the intensive drug treatment for breast cancer?
just like most of the cancers... chemotherapy
What are the various treatment options for breast cancer?
Radiation and/or surgery is usually called for to treat and control cancer locally in the breast and lymph nodes. Chemotherapy, and hormone and biological therapies are used to prevent and control the spread of cancerous growth to other areas of the body.
Why is cancer important?
Cancer is important to our society because it is becoming a threat to our nation. Thousands of people are cancer patients. People are surviving cancer now, but we still do not know what causes it.
Does Angelina Jolie have breast cancer?
No, Angelina Jolie never had breast cancer. She has the gene for breast cancer. She removed her breasts to stop any cancer from forming.Angelina Jolie does not have breast cancer. She does carry the gene for breast cancer. She had a preventive mastectomy.No, Angelina Jolie has never had breast cancer. She was tested and told that she carried the breast cancer gene. She has a preventive mastectomy.Angelina Jolie does not or did not have breast cancer. She had breast surgery just as a precaution because of her mother having breast cancer.
