The stages of cancer are zero through IV. The higher the number, the more the cancer has progressed. Stage III cancers are determined by how advanced they are and treat them. When a cancer is in Stage III that means the cancer is locally advanced. Your chances of being a cancer survivor run around 50 percent in a five-year time period. The big deciding point of whether cancer is going to take your life or not is you. Do not to think constantly about dying. Have a mindset that you will live and become healthy. Stage III does not mean it's the end.
Breast Cancer Stage III A
Stage III breast cancer has three different subdivisions and it will mean one of two things. That you have a tumor 5 cm across and it has spread from four to nine axillary lymph nodes. It may have enlarged your internal mammary lymph nodes.
It may also mean that the tumor is 5 cm or larger across and has spread from one to nine axillary nodes. It may have spread to internal mammary nodes.
Both definitions of Stage III A breast cancer means that it is not growing into your chest wall or skin, and has not spread to distant sites.
Breast Cancer Stage III B
If you get this report, the cancer tumor has grown into your chest wall or skin It can also mean one of the following three things: The cancer has not spread to your lymph nodes. The cancer has spread to one or three axillary lymph nodes. Doctors may find tiny cancer cells in the internal mammary lymph nodes. It may also mean that the cancer has spread from four to nine axillary lymph nodes or enlarged internal mammary lymph nodes. The distant sites remain cancer free.
Breast Cancer Stage III C
If you receive this report, the cancer has no determined size. One of three things will accompany this report. The cancer has affected 10 or more axillary lymph nodes. Cancer may have spread to lymph nodes under or above the collarbone. The axillary lymph nodes are involved and has enlarged the internal mammary lymph nodes. Lastly, it could mean that cancer has spread to four or more axillary lymph nodes. There may be cancer cells in the internal mammary lymph nodes.
Women with Stage III breast cancer have a 57 percent survival rate in five years.
Bladder Cancer Stage III
If the diagnosis of your bladder cancer is Stage III that means the cancer has grown past the thick muscle layer of the bladder wall and progressed into the fatty layer of tissue that surrounds the bladder. At this stage, it may have gone into the prostate, uterus or vagina, but has not gone into the pelvic, abdominal wall, lymph nodes or other distant sites.
People with Stage III bladder cancer have a 46 percent survival rate in five years.
Cervical Cancer Stage III A and Stage III B
The definition of cervical cancer stage III means your cancer is now in the lower part of the vagina or pelvic wall. Stage III A means the cancer is in the lower third of the vagina wall, not the pelvic wall. Stage III B means that the cancer is in the pelvic wall and it may or may not block the ureters.
Survival rate for Stage III A and B is around 47 percent to 50 percent survival rate in five years.
Number of Cases and Deaths in 2009
Breast cancer is widely known among women. In 2009, there have been 192,370 new cases in females and 1,910 new cases in males, according to the American Cancer Society. There are 40,170 female and 440 males who have died from this cancer in 2009. In 2009 cervical cancer has 11,270 new cases and 4,070 deaths. Bladder cancer has 70,980 new cases and 14,330 deaths in 2009.
Bladder cancer is not readily known or thought about. Cervical cancer has a protective shot like Gardasil, but that shot can cause health problems in the young girls it is given to.
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