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Diagnosing Breast Cancer Late
can lead to a spread of cancer to other areas as lymph, ducts and other tissue areas
Screening methods, such as mammography, are intended to look for breast disease in women who appear to have no breast problems or symptoms of the disease. Breast cancers found by screening are, on average, at an earlier point, or stage, in their development than are breast cancers diagnosed after symptoms have appeared. With breast cancer, early stage cases include cancers diagnosed in situ, that is, localized in the ducts and not found in the surrounding tissue, or at a local stage, that is, confined to the breast without having spread to other parts of the body.
Late stage breast cancer is cancer that has spread to nearby lymph nodes or other parts of the body by the time the cancer is diagnosed. For some breast cancers, the stage may be unknown or not reported.
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