Summary of Breast Cancer Treatment
This information is intended to provide basic information about your options for treatment of breast cancer.
Background
When a diagnosis of breast cancer is made, the first step is to know the extent of your cancer. This is called staging the cancer. If you have a diagnosis of ductal carcinoma in situ (intraductal carcinoma) this is Stage 0 cancer and has an excellent prognosis. If there is evidence of invasive disease, which means a cancer that is growing outside the ducts of the breast, the staging can range from Stage I, which is an early stage breast cancer to Stage IV. It is important to know that most patients do not have Stage IV or advanced breast cancer at the time of diagnosis. If your cancer is detected based on mammogram, it is likely that you have very early stage breast cancer and most likely you have a Stage I disease.
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