Her cancer is treatable and I believe she has a good chance of surviving and hopefully living a long and happy life! I have a friend that is doing good after having the same situation as your Mom. God Bless You.
2006-07-14 09:11:27
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answered by toughguy2 7
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Stage 2 cancer is very treatable. The staging works like this:
Stage 1= just in one particular area
Stage 2= affects a few lymph nodes (which may be surgically removed)
Stage 3= effects many lymph nodes (harder to work with)
Stage 4= had spread to multiple body systems
With radiation and oral medications, stage 2 cancer responds well to treatment. Chemo may be needed but take it one step at a time.
Good luck.
2006-07-13 15:55:39
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answered by Anonymous
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The stage of a breast cancer is based upon its size and degree of spread. The staging system goes from stage I to stage IV as follows:
Stage Definition 5-year Survival (%) 7-year Survival I Tumor 2 cm or less in greatest diameter and without evidence of regional (nodal) or distant spread 96 92 ................................II Tumor more than 2 cm but not more than 5 cm in greatest dimension, with regional lymph node involvement but without distant metastases, OR > a tumor of more than 5 cm in diameter without regional (nodal) and distant spread 81 71 .........III Tumors of any size with possible skin involvement, pectoral and chest wall fixation, and axillary or internal mammary nodal involvement, fixed, but without distant metastases 52 39
IV Tumor of any size with or without regional spread but with evidence of distant metastases 18 11
the high number goes with with 5 year the low number goes with 7 year.....Prognosis cannot be completely predicted. There are some general guidelines as to the potential biologic behavior of a breast carcinoma. In general, a better prognosis will accompany cancers:
Less than 2 cm in size
Without axillary lymph node involvement
That are non-invasive ductal carcinoma and LCIS
With ER and PR positivity
Which lack of aneuploidy
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2006-07-13 16:27:36
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answered by purple 6
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2016-11-06 08:42:08
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answered by ? 4
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Your mom caught her breast cancer at a very early stage. She will probably have surgery and radiation and maybe chemotherapy. She should do well.
2006-07-13 18:25:38
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answered by happydawg 6
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Check www.breastcancer.org. You can find all the info you need and the Forum has people that will answer your questions. Lots of same case ladies there.
2006-07-13 16:21:55
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answered by Anonymous
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Patients diagnosed with stage II breast cancer have a primary cancer that either involves axillary lymph nodes and is less than 5cm (2 inches) in size, or is greater than 2 centimeters (3/4 inch) in size and does not involve any axillary lymph nodes. Stage II breast cancers are curable with current multi-modality treatment consisting of surgery, chemotherapy, radiation therapy and hormonal therapy.
Most new treatments are developed in clinical trials. Clinical trials are studies that evaluate the effectiveness of new drugs or treatment strategies. The development of more effective cancer treatments requires that new and innovative therapies be evaluated with cancer patients. Participation in a clinical trial may offer access to better treatments and advance the existing knowledge about treatment of this cancer. Clinical trials are available for most stages of cancer. Patients who are interested in participating in a clinical trial should discuss the risks and benefits of clinical trials with their physician. To ensure that they are receiving optimal treatment, it is important for patients to stay informed regarding new treatments and the results of clinical trials.
Effective treatment of stage II breast cancer requires both local and systemic therapy. Local therapy consists of surgery and/or radiation and is directed at destroying any cancer cells in or near the breast. It is currently recommended that all patients undergo surgical removal of the primary breast cancer. Surgical mastectomy or breast-conserving surgery followed by radiation therapy are safe and effective local treatments of breast cancer. Several large clinical studies have directly compared mastectomy to lumpectomy plus radiation and have demonstrated that both approaches produce identical long-term cure rates.
Surgery and radiation therapy are referred to as local therapies because they are only capable of destroying cancer cells where they are applied. Because many patients with stage II breast cancer already have undetectable cancer cells that have spread outside the breast or local lymph nodes at the time of diagnosis, additional therapy is necessary. Undetectable areas of cancer outside the breast are referred to as micrometastases. Following local treatment with surgery and/or radiation therapy alone, the presence of micrometastases causes breast cancer recurrence. An effective systemic treatment is needed to cleanse the body of micrometastases in order to improve a patients duration of survival and potential for cure.
Systemic therapy is treatment directed at destroying cancer cells throughout the body. The delivery of systemic therapy in addition to local treatment is necessary to eradicate micrometastases and maximize a patients chance of cure. Examples of systemic therapy include chemotherapy, hormonal therapy, and/or biologic therapies. Historically, systemic therapy was administered after surgery and was referred to as adjuvant therapy. Adjuvant chemotherapy for the treatment of stage II breast cancer has been demonstrated in clinical trials to improve a patients chance of survival and decrease the risk of cancer recurrence compared to local therapy alone. More recently, physicians have been administering the same chemotherapy regimens before surgery to shrink the cancer prior to surgical removal. Therapy administered before surgery is referred to as neoadjuvant. Neoadjuvant therapy has the potential advantage of delivering widespread systemic treatment quickly and reducing the size of the primary cancer in order to increase the number of patients eligible for breast conserving surgical treatment. Although the long-term benefits of neoadjuvant chemotherapy are currently unknown, the results of clinical trials clearly demonstrate that neoadjuvant therapy increases the likelihood of patients undergoing breast conserving surgical treatment, rather than surgical mastectomy. Patients should discuss the potential risks and benefits of neoadjuvant and adjuvant therapy with their physician.
2006-07-13 16:40:10
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answered by pinkribbons&walking4boobies 4
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ahhahahah yur moms gonna die!
2006-07-13 15:31:20
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answered by Vinvendell 2
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