Can advanced breast cancer be cured?

About 60% of patients with mid-stage breast cancer can be cured. However, late-stage breast cancer is clinically considered incurable. The purpose of treatment is also to relieve the patient's pain, improve the quality of life, and prolong the patient's life. According to clinical statistics, the cure rate of stage I breast cancer, that is, early breast cancer, is 80%-90%, stage II breast cancer-70%, stage III breast cancer cure rate is 30%-40%, and stage IV breast cancer is usually less than 10%. The comprehensive treatment effect of stage II and III patients has an acceptable cure rate. Mid- and late-stage breast cancer can be cured through comprehensive treatments such as surgical resection, combined chemotherapy, and radiotherapy. If the disease is in the late stage, only some auxiliary treatments, endocrine therapy, and other methods can be used to prolong the patient's life.

How is breast cancer staged?

Breast cancer staging plays an important role in guiding clinical treatment and judging prognosis. At present, our clinical staging is usually the international TNM staging method, which is based on the size of the tumor, lymph node metastasis, and distant metastasis. Postoperative staging is often used clinically to count the cure rate of patients, but TNM staging also has its serious shortcomings, that is, it does not take into account the pathological type. The same staging has different pathological types and different prognoses. Disease diagnosis: The staging of breast cancer depends on whether the size of the tumor is 2~5 cm, which is the border, but the cancer cells have not yet spread to the lymph nodes, and whether it has spread to the lymph nodes or other parts of the body.

What are the symptoms of triple-negative breast cancer?

Breast cancer accounts for about 20% of all breast cancers, with a poor prognosis and a high degree of malignancy. When first discovered, it presents as a painless mass with a hard texture, local tenderness, blurred borders, and irregular shape. -Breast cancer accounts for about 20% of all breast cancers, with a poor prognosis and a high degree of malignancy. When first discovered, it presents as a painless mass with a hard texture, local tenderness, blurred borders, and irregular shape. The most important thing for early detection of breast cancer is regular breast screening, and the most commonly used imaging methods include breast mammography and breast color Doppler ultrasound.