Stage Ii Breast Cancer Prognosis. However stage ii means the cancer has not spread to a distant part of the body. In stage 0 there is no evidence of cancer cells or non cancerous abnormal cells breaking out of the part of the breast in which they started or getting through to or invading neighboring normal tissue.
However stage ii means the cancer has not spread to a distant part of the body. The tumor is between 2 and 5 cm with or without spread to the lymph nodes. Stage 0 is used to describe non invasive breast cancers such as dcis ductal carcinoma in situ.
At this stage the cancer cells have spread beyond the original location and into the surrounding breast tissue and the tumor is larger than in stage i disease.
Following this the cancer cells then invade local lymph nodes or blood vessels. Prognosis chance for survival varies by stage of breast cancer. Following this the cancer cells then invade local lymph nodes or blood vessels. At this stage the cancer cells have spread beyond the original location and into the surrounding breast tissue and the tumor is larger than in stage i disease.
