cancerous breast tissue? - Cancerous tissue in breast:: Is it Stage I breast cancer

	Asked by Unregistered on Wed 12, Mar 2008 09:28am
	my mom has just found out that she has cancerous tissue in her breast but no lump is cancerous tissue the first stage in cancer or has it gone further past
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	Answer by Dr. Pankaj Khater (doctor) on Fri 28, Aug 2009 01:10pm: Hi. Usually such a case is a Stage I ----- tumor size less than even 2cm and no lymph nodes are found-------as you have rightly pointed out. Cure rate is the highest in this case. I wish your mom a speedy recovery. http://www.breastcancer.org/symptoms/diagnosis/staging.jsp
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