Information on Stage 1 Breast Cancer from Dr. Jay Harness, President American Society of Breast Surgeons. St. Joseph Hospital Comprehensive Breast Center.
Dr. Jay Harness:
The definition of stage 1 breast cancer is a smaller tumor and the lymph nodes are negative. You know, "what do I mean by a smaller tumor?" That is what is called T1 which is 2 cm in size or smaller T2 which is up to 5 cm in size and T3 which is greater than 5 cm in size. So it is typically than the T1 cancers and there is no spread to the lymph nodes.
Again, the chance of being cured of that type of breast cancer is quite high. Certainly, in excess of 85 percent if we look at the historical data about survival.
Bio:
Jay K. Harness, MD, FACS is recognized nationally and internationally for his work in the fields of breast and endocrine surgery. Over his career, he has established three multi-disciplinary breast centers including the nation’s first academic multi-disciplinary at the University of Michigan in 1985. In 2003, Dr. Harness established the St. Joseph Hospital Comprehensive Breast Center in the city of Orange, California, which is, located Orange County. Over the years, Dr. Harness has held various academic appointments including at the University of Michigan where he attended medical school and did all of his surgical training as well as at Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston, the University of California, Davis, the University of California, San Francisco, and now currently at the University of California, Irvine.
Dr. Harness is the immediate past-President of The American Society of Breast Surgeons and is President-elect of Breast Surgery International. He has also served as Chair of the Board of Directors of The American Society of Breast Surgeons, Secretary-Treasurer and President of the American Association of Endocrine Surgeons. Dr. Harness is a member of the Medical Advisory Board of EmpowHer. He is well-published with 80 articles and book chapters in the medical literature. He has also been the lead editor of two textbooks: Breast Cancer-Collaborative Management (1988) and Ultrasound and Surgical practice: Basic Principles and Clinical Applications (2001).
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