Preferred Label : Stage IIIB Breast Cancer AJCC v7;
NCIt synonyms : Stage IIIB Breast Carcinoma; Stage IIIB Breast Cancer; Breast Cancer Stage IIIB; Breast Carcinoma Stage IIIB;
NCIt definition : Stage IIIB includes: (T4, N0, M0); (T4, N1, M0); (T4, N2, M0). T4: Tumor of any size
with direct extension to the chest wall and/or to the skin (ulceration or skin nodules).
N0: No regional lymph node metastasis. N1: Metastasis to movable ipsilateral level
I, II axillary lymph node(s). N2: Metastases in ipsilateral level I, II axillary lymph
nodes that are clinically fixed or matted; or in clinically detected ipsilateral internal
mammary nodes in the absence of clinically evident axillary lymph node metastases.
M0: No clinical or radiographic evidence of distant metastasis. M0 includes M0(i ).
(AJCC 7th Ed.);
Alternative definition : NCI-GLOSS: Stage III breast cancer is divided into stages IIIA, IIIB, and IIIC. In
stage IIIB, the tumor may be any size and cancer (1) has spread to the chest wall
and/or the skin of the breast; and (2) may have spread to axillary (under the arm)
lymph nodes that may be attached to each other or to other structures, or the cancer
may have spread to lymph nodes near the breastbone.;
Neoplastic status : Malignant;
Codes from synonyms : CDR0000045412;
Origin ID : C7782;
UMLS CUI : C0278513;
Disease excludes abnormal cell
- Has associated anatomic sites
- Semantic type(s)
- concept_is_in_subset
- disease_excludes_finding
- disease_has_abnormal_cell
- disease_has_finding
- disease_has_normal_cell_origin
- disease_has_normal_tissue_origin
- disease_has_primary_anatomic_site
- disease_is_stage
