Breast Cancer Staging It is important for your doctor to know the 'stage', or the extent of your breast cancer before talking with you about possible treatments
The reason for this is that the primary breast cancer was not found when it was only inside the breast. Metastatic cancer is considered stage IV. Additional staging information
The American Cancer Society's provides detailed information on breast cancer staging available at http://www3.cancer.org/cancerinfo/main_cont.asp?st=ds&ct=5 . OGrady, Lois et al,
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