Stages

Stages of breast cancer with a 5 year survival rate
 * === Stage 0 === || === 100% === ||
 * === Stage I === || === 98% === ||
 * === Stage II === || === 88% === ||
 * === Stage IIIA === || === 56% === ||
 * === Stage IIIB === || === 49% === ||
 * === Stage IV === || === 16% === ||

Stage 0

 * atypical cells have not spread outside the surrounding breast tissue.

Stage I

 * Early stage invasive breast cancer
 * Cancer is only two centimeters or smaller and has not spread to surrounding lymph nodes or outside the breast.

Stage II

 * Stage has two categories depending on the size of the tumor and whether or not it has spread to the lymph nodes:
 * Stage A
 * tumor is less then 2cm and has spread up to 3 underarm lymph nodes
 * or if the the tumor is 2-5 cm but has not spread to the lymph nodes yet
 * Stage B
 * tumor has grown 2-5 cm and has spread up to 3 underarm lymph nodes
 * or if the tumor is bigger then 5 cm but has not spread to the lymph nodes yet

Stage III

 * Stage A
 * The tumor is 2-5 cm and has spread to up to nine underarm lymph nodes.
 * Stage B
 * The cancer has spread to tissues near the breast including the skin, muscles, etc.

Stage IV

 * <span style="color: #e73b6a; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Cancer has spread to organs and other tissues