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- Pain in the breast<br />

- Blood stained discharge (late stage)<br />

- Retracted nipple ,of cancer has spread to the lymph<br />

- Orange like colour of the skin<br />

Clinical <strong>and</strong> histological staging of breast cancer<br />

Clinical stage (American Joint Committee)<br />

Stage I<br />

Tumor less than 2 cm in diameter<br />

Nodes, if palpable, not felt to contain metastases<br />

Without distant metastases<br />

Stage II<br />

Tumor less than 5 cm in diameter<br />

Modes, if palpable, not fixed<br />

Stage III<br />

Tumor less than 5 cm or<br />

Tumor of any size with invasion of skin or attached to<br />

chest wall<br />

Nodes in supra clavicular area with out distant<br />

metastases<br />

Stage IV<br />

With distant metastases<br />

Management - Surgery<br />

- Radiation<br />

- Hormonal therapy<br />

- Cytotoxic agent<br />

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