Lymph Nodes Cancer
Saturday, March 13th, 2010 at
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This is a difficult question for me to answer, because I don’t have enough diagnostic detail to properly stage your friend’s breast cancer. There are different stages, and different survival rates based on the stages.
I can tell you that once the cancer is found in the lymph nodes, it has metastasized (or spread). Cancer being found in the lymph nodes means that it is much more likely that it is present in other organs of the body, as the lymph system circulates throughout the body.
If your friend is a Stage IIb (smaller tumor size, and only axillary lymph node involvement), she may have a five-year survival rate of 66%. If she is a Stage III (involves a spread of the cancer to either axillary lymph nodes that are attached to each other or to other structures, or to lymph nodes beneath the collarbone and near the neck), she will likely have a five-year survival rate of 36%.
Hope this was helpful.
References :
RN, BSN, MS
Elements of the first response are incorrect, so let me address those inaccuracies first.
Metastasis is the spread of cancer to a distant site from its primary site. Spread to nearby lymph nodes is localized (stage 2) or regional (stage 3), but not metastasized (stage 4).
The other mistake involves the survival rates quoted. Actual 5 year DFS (disease free survival) rates in the United States are significantly higher and are critically determined by thoroughness of treatment, HER2 status, and (if HER2 positive) access to Herceptin therapy.
The following 5 year DFS survival rates are from the American College of Surgeons National Cancer Data Base
Stage 0: 100%
Stage I:100%
Stage IIA: 92%
Stage IIB:81%
Stage IIIA:67%
Stage IIIB:54%
Stage IV:20%
I hope this has been helpful.
References :
http://www.merck.com/mmhe/sec22/ch251/ch251f.html
What are the survival rates of secondary cancer (lymph nodes)?
Hi,
someone I know had breast cancer 2 years ago and has now found out that she has it back in her lymph nodes.Is this really bad ..what are her chances of a full recovery..
she has been feeling ill for sometime.