Stage 4 Breast Cancer Survival Rate

Posted by Outdoor on Sunday, October 16, 2011



the survival rate for stage four breast cancer, or what is called advanced breast cancer is significantly lower than that for any stage of breast cancer. This is because the cancer has grown and because it is spread, not only in the breast where it originated, but also in other parts of the breasts and other body parts, the main areas of the bone, lung and liver tissue.

Many medical experts feel that their research seems to indicate that the time of this cancer has reached stage four, it was attacked and overcome the body's natural defense system to the extent that what is called the five year survival rate was significantly decreased an average of sixteen up to twenty percent.
This opinion is supported by American Cancer Society.

Although this statistic is not written in stone, it is not fulfilled in any case, most women who are diagnosed with cancer when the cancer has reached the fourth stage, live, on average, for eighteen more months after initial diagnosis.

According to the American Cancer Society, their statistics seem to show that the number of women who live outside of the average and living five years after the original diagnosis of stage four breast cancer, and may live for another three and half years.

Breast cancer is a silent killer. It sneaks in on the person and invade your body, and often not recognized until it literally took a large part of the body, which leads to the necessity of very aggressive treatments.

Do not wait for breast cancer took her body to fight natrag.Najbolji defense is a good offensive. Check your breasts for lumps on a regular monthly basis. If you discover a lump, get it checked immediately. Are regular clinical breast examinations, including mammograms. According to the American Cancer Society, this happens every three years for women between the ages of twenty to forty years, and every year for women past forty years.

Do not wait for breast cancer invade my body. If it does not appear, be ready to catch early. If you do not catch an early, if you do not get to stage four, and then fight smart and aggressive and not give up. Statistics are just that, they are not written in stone and can not predict your future. To quote Mr. Spock, "Live long and prospter