Breast Cancer Tumor Size. Size is used to help determine the stage of the breast cancer. This is known as metastatic breast cancer and is the most advanced stage of breast cancer.
All breast cancers start in the breast so they are alike in some ways. Tumor cells can vary in location milk ducts or lobules and how they look under a microscope. Size doesn t tell the whole story though.
Size indicates how large across the tumor is at its widest point.
Size is used to help determine the stage of the breast cancer. They can be non invasive or invasive. Factors that affect staging. Doctors measure cancer in millimeters 1 mm 04 inch or centimeters 1 cm 4 inch.
