Will breast cancer metastasize after surgery in the middle and late stages?

In fact, how many more years a patient can live after surgical treatment of breast cancer depends on the age at diagnosis, pathological type, stage, whether the surgical treatment is standardized and professional, and subsequent treatment, so there is no standard answer. It depends on your medical history. So far, postoperative recurrence of breast cancer patients is related to many factors, and the influencing factors are still unclear. Tumor diameter, primary lesion T stage, lymph node metastasis status and number, and tumor stage are recognized as predictors of breast cancer recurrence.

Introduction to Radical Mastectomy

Generally speaking, if a patient has breast cancer, the surgery performed is a modified radical mastectomy. This surgical method can achieve the purpose of radical resection, and the most critical part of the operation is to thoroughly clean the patient's lymph nodes, and also pay attention to protecting the patient's long thoracic nerve, thoracodorsal nerve and intercostal brachial nerve, so that the treatment effect can be better. Radical mastectomy generally uses a modified radical mastectomy, which means removing all breast tissue, including the nipple, areola, and axillary lymph node dissection, but retaining the pectoralis major and minor muscles. With the development of this surgery for more than a hundred years, it has also changed from a longitudinal incision to a transverse incision.

Why do women get breast cancer?

For example, early menarche, late menopause, and the use of estrogen replacement therapy after menopause will cause the body to be exposed to estrogen for too long, which will increase the risk of breast cancer. The reasons why women are susceptible to breast cancer are related to factors such as hormone effects, family history, menstrual and marital history, benign breast diseases, environment and lifestyle. Risk factors for breast cancer include: menarche as early as 12 years old and menopause as late as 55 years old;