Clinical stage II of carcinoma breast means
.TNM Staging Tumour: 1. T1 --Tumour size < 2 cm in greatest diameter. (T1a--0.1-0.5 cm; T1b--0.5-1 cm; T1c--1-2 cm). 2. T2--Size 2-5 cm. 3. T3--Size >5 cm. 4. T4--Tumour fixed to chest wall or skin. (T4a--Fixed to chest wall; T4b--Fixed to skin; T4c--T4a + T4b; T4d--inflammatory carcinoma of breast). Node: N0-- No nodes. N1-- Axillary nodes mobile (ipsilateral). N2-- Axillary nodes fixed to one another and other structures (or only internal mammary lymph nodes are involved but not axillary nodes). N3 -- Supraclavicular nodes. Oedema of arm and internal mammary lymph nodes (ipsilaterally) (or-internal mammary lymph nodes and also axillary lymph nodes are involved). Metastasis: M0 No metastasis. M1 Distant Metastases. ref:SRB&;s manual of surgery,ed 3,pg no 476
Tumor is limited to breast
Tumor with evidence of distant metastasis
Tumor is presents in the breast and axillary lymph nods are involved
Tumor has involved breast, pectoral muscles and wide area of skin
Endocrinology and breast