Breast cancer

Early-Stage Breast Cancer: Why It's Not a Death Sentence Believe it or not, a diagnosis of early-stage breast cancer is usually not a death sentence. That's because of two life-saving words: early detection. Here's what you should know about early-stage breast cancer—what it is as well as how it's caught and treated. What Early Stage Breast Cancer Means You may already know that the different stages of cancer are assigned numerical values between zero and four. For breast cancer, this number is assigned based on two factors: the size of the tumor and whether it has spread to other organs in the body, explains the National Breast Cancer Foundation. Breast cancer is considered early-stage through Stage 3A , according to the United States Office on Women's Health (OWH). Source: National Breast Cancer Foundation BUY IT (via amazon) Why Early Detection Mat...