How serious does this breast cancer have to be to…?
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Question by cat: How severe does this breast cancer have to be to...?
After a couple months of testing, we found out that my boyfriend's mother has breast cancer. She got diagnosed in early July.
My question is: how far along/what "stage" is her breast cancer if they're going for a total mastectomy in her right breast (early August)?
No one close to me has had breast cancer so I have no idea what this indicates.
All I can think of is, it has to be a small much more severe then being in a position to get away with it with radiation/chemo? Or is this regular procedure? Will they do radiation/chemo afterwards?
Please assist, I am very worried for her!
I should have recognized it wouldn't be that easy!
Everything just appears to be easy-going and regular with their family right now, and I just don't want to dampen things with a deep cancer speak. Cancer does not run in my family, so I have not truly recognized anybody to have it (except for my roommate, who had lukemia when he was younger).
Thanks for all the input though.
Best answer:
Answer by lvs2run24
The American Cancer Society has a website that explains how breast cancer is staged. Basically it would depend on the size of her tumor, if she had lymph node involvement and if it has metastasized to distant locations in the body. Her staging would figure out her course of therapy.
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