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What Causes Knots In Breast?

My sister was having knots in left side of her brest one which was very painful had been removed by surgery and they given radiation keemotherepy she is in healing process now but in examination doc find 2 more knots which are still need examination,how can we asure the stage of any cancer and further life of the pateint,
Mon, 8 Dec 2014
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HI,
I understand your concern.
From the treatment given your sister seems to have breast cancer. But it needs confirmation( by histopathology report of the tumor removed ),because cancerous tumor is not painful unless secondarily infected.
Staging of cancer-
- Stage 1- Tumor is 2cm size & has not spread anywhere.
5 years survival rate is - 100%
- Stage 2- Tumor is 2 cm in size & has spread to 1-3 axillary/ mammary lymph nodes or invaded in breast tissue
5 years life expectancy is-93%
- Stage 3-The tumor is less than 5cm in size- has affected 5-7 axillary/mammary lymph glands but does not have distant spread.
5 years life expectancy is-72%
- stage 4-The tumor that has spread distant from breast-
5 years life expectancy is- 22%
Thanks.
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What Causes Knots In Breast?

HI, I understand your concern. From the treatment given your sister seems to have breast cancer. But it needs confirmation( by histopathology report of the tumor removed ),because cancerous tumor is not painful unless secondarily infected. Staging of cancer- - Stage 1- Tumor is 2cm size & has not spread anywhere. 5 years survival rate is - 100% - Stage 2- Tumor is 2 cm in size & has spread to 1-3 axillary/ mammary lymph nodes or invaded in breast tissue 5 years life expectancy is-93% - Stage 3-The tumor is less than 5cm in size- has affected 5-7 axillary/mammary lymph glands but does not have distant spread. 5 years life expectancy is-72% - stage 4-The tumor that has spread distant from breast- 5 years life expectancy is- 22% Thanks.