My Sister was diagnosed with Breast Cancer in November. It started off as a little lump in her left breast. She has gone via lots of Chemo and alternative drugs. She lost her left breast now and the bulk of the pectoral muscle and roughly 23 lymph nodes as all were invaded. She is now being told that there are spots on her spine and in her other breast and some of those lymph nodes. There may be a spot or two as well on her liver. She does not want to know the prognosis as she doesn't want to think about it. She has a 4 yr old son and a 1 yr old daughter. I want to know the pronosis though. I want to be ready so I can be strong for when my parents need me the most. Any information out there I would appreciate it. I have researched so much. By the technique I am also doing the Making Strides 5 mile Breast Cancer walk in Philly in October, if anybody would like to make a minute donation to that please let me know and I will send you the link. Take care and thank you.

If she named you for getting info about her in her HEPPA paper, you could get her TNM and staging. Talk to one of the nurses in the oncology doctor's office.

T-size of the tumor and this is expressed T(a number from 0-4)

N-(and a number 1-3) deals with cancer spread to lymphnodes near breast

M-followed by number 0-1 cancer spread to organs

Then the staging follows using Roman numerals for cancer stage zero via IV.