BREAST CANCER BASE

Previous to breast tumors smaller than 2 cm, clinical stage I and without lymph node metastasis of breast cancer Phase II of EBC, Western literature has many reports will I, II breast cancer known as early breast cancer (EBC, early breast cancer). In recent years, because of the biology of breast continuous understanding, the concept of EBC more stringent requirements.

Currently more agreeable to the EBC standards : (1) histologic mean non-invasive cancer (carcinoma in situ), including ductal carcinoma (DCIS), lobular carcinoma in situ (LCIS), the benign early cancer; (2) refers to clinical breast lumps not contravene T0 cancer diameter and mass "of the tiny 0.5cm cancer and cancer lesion location only at the breast, not incidence of lymph node and distant metastasis after treatment, 10-year survival rates of more than 90%.