The law also has similar strict cutoff levels for birth defects and reproductive harm. Businesses decide whether to put warning labels on their products based on their knowledge of the types of chemicals in them. For more information, go to www. As of August , the label should name at least one chemical of concern.
Some types of products are required to have specific labels as a result of court orders after lawsuits. For example, the required labels on electrical wires such as computer cables, power cords, and holiday lights sold in California are slightly different. This is discussed below. When cancer is growing in these vessels, there is an increased risk that it has spread outside the breast. If your report does not mention this type of invasion, it means it is not there.
Even if it is there, it does not always mean that your cancer has spread. How this finding affects your treatment is best discussed with your doctor. D and CD34 are special tests that the pathologist may use to help identify these types of vascular invasion.
These tests are not needed in every case. If the entire tumor or area of cancer is removed, the pathologist will say how big the area of cancer is by measuring how long it is across in greatest dimension , either by looking at it under the microscope, or by gross examination just looking at it with the naked eye of the tissue removed during surgery.
The size of the tumor in the breast is part of what determines the stage extent of the cancer, which influences treatment and prognosis. A needle biopsy only samples a part of the tumor, so measurements of the size of the cancer are often not given.
Later, when the tumor is removed by mastectomy or breast-conserving surgery , a more accurate measurement is obtained. The stage of a cancer is a measurement of the extent of the tumor and its spread.
The standard staging system for breast cancer uses a system known as TNM, where:. If the stage is based on removal of the cancer with surgery and review by the pathologist, the letter p for pathologic may appear before the T and N letters.
The T category T0, Tis, T1, T2, T3, or T4 is based on the size of the tumor and whether or not it has spread to the skin over the breast or to the chest wall under the breast. Tis is carcinoma in situ. Since the entire tumor must be removed to learn the T category, this information is not given for needle biopsies. The N category N0, N1, N2, or N3 indicates whether the cancer has spread to lymph nodes near the breast and, if so, how many lymph nodes are affected.
Higher numbers after the N indicate more lymph node involvement by cancer. If no nearby lymph nodes were removed to be checked for cancer spread, the report may list the N category as NX, where the letter X is used to mean that the information is not available also see next question. The M category M0, M1 is usually based on the results of lab and imaging tests, and is not part of the pathology report from breast cancer surgery. In a pathology report, the M category is often left off or listed as MX again the letter X means that the information is not available.
Once the T, N, and M categories have been determined, this information is combined to give the cancer an overall stage. Stages are expressed in Roman numerals from stage I the least advanced stage to stage IV the most advanced stage.
Non-invasive cancer carcinoma in situ is listed as stage 0. Detailed information on staging can be found in Stages of Breast Cancer.
Talk with your doctor about the stage of your cancer and what it means to you. If breast cancer spreads, it often goes first to the nearby lymph nodes under the arm called axillary lymph nodes. If any of your underarm lymph nodes were enlarged found either by physical exam or with an imaging test like ultrasound or mammogram , they may be biopsied at the same time as your breast tumor. One way to do this is by using a needle to get a sample of cells from the lymph node.
The cells will be checked to see if they contain cancer and if so, whether the cancer is ductal or lobular carcinoma.
In surgery meant to treat breast cancer, lymph nodes under the arm may be removed. These lymph nodes will be examined under the microscope to see if they contain cancer cells. The results might be reported as the number of lymph nodes removed and how many of them contained cancer for example, 2 of 15 lymph nodes contained cancer.
Lymph node spread affects staging and prognosis outlook. Your doctor can talk to you about what these results mean to you. In a sentinel lymph node biopsy , the surgeon finds and removes the first lymph node s to which a tumor drains. This lymph node, known as the sentinel node , is the one most likely to contain cancer cells if they have started to spread.
This procedure may be done during surgery to remove a breast cancer. It is a way to check for the spread of cancer to underarm lymph nodes without removing as many of them.
The sentinel lymph node is then checked to see if it contains cancer cells. There is no evidence that it has broken off and begun to spread to other parts of the body, and treatment options usually involve surgically removing tumors. Stage I cancer is also small and usually has not spread to other organs.
According to Cancer Research UK, this classification usually means the cancer has not started to spread into surrounding tissue but the tumor is larger than in stage 1.
In addition, sometimes stage II means that cancer cells have spread into lymph nodes close to the tumor, depending on the particular type of cancer. Stage III cancer is usually larger, and may have started to spread into surrounding tissues and there are cancer cells in the lymph nodes in the area. This category of cancer means the cancer has spread from where it started to another body organ, and is also called secondary or metastatic cancer. Read Here. Years of research suggest that vision, lung function, immune system performance, and even sperm count can all be improved by omega-3s.
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