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Stage 3 Breast Cancer
It has been reported that more than 250,000 women per year are diagnosed with breast cancer. The risk of developing breast cancer unfortunately increases by age. For example, medical professionals break down the odds like this: women between 20 and 40(there will be 1 out of 200 to develop breast cancer), women between 40 and 60(there will be 1 in 20 women to develop breast cancer) and women between 60 and 80(there will be 1 in 11 women to develop breast cancer).
After the suspicion of cancer has been raised, doctors will recommend a breast biopsy. The biopsy is done to detect changes in the breast tissue. The biopsy is defined in 5 categories: normal tissues in ducts and lobules, benign notations like fibroadenomas or fibercystic breast disease, cases of atypical hyperplasia(duct has too many abnormally shaped cells) and lobular neoplasia(abnormal cells inside the lobules), non-invasive breast cancer and invasive breast cancer. Normal hyperplasia does not cause breast cancer but atypical hyperplasia can increase the risks of getting breast cancer. The biopsy will detect if there is or not estrogen and progesterone receptors. If the progesterone and estrogen receptors have been triggered, abnormal cells will grow. The other breast cancer marker that doctors look for is