5 stages of breast cancer and their symptoms:
Stage o can’t see the tumor; there is no evidence of cancer cells or non-cancerous abnormal cells breaking out of the part of the breast in which they started, or of getting through to or invading neighboring normal tissue.
Stage I-- Cancer is less than 2 cm.
Stage II-- Cancer is between 2 to 5 cm with or without involvement of the glands in the armpit
Stage III --Cancer is larger than 5 cm or there is extensive involvement of the glands in the armpit
Stage IV --Cancer has spread outside the breast and involves other organs in the body Stage I & II are considered early and curable.
Stage IIV-- Disease is not curable.
Breast Self-examination
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