Even if the cancer has spread to tissues surrounding the breast, 76 percent of the women will be alive five years later.

The disease can spread to other tissues such as leukocytes.

The stage indicates how far the cancer has spread within the breast, to nearby tissues, and to other organs.

If the cancer is detected early, before it has spread to other tissues, the cure rate is nearly 75%.

Intraocular melanoma may spread to nearby tissues or to other parts of the body.

Because of its ability to quickly spread to surrounding tissues, gas gangrene should be treated as a medical emergency.

Others grow rapidly and can spread to surrounding tissues.

If not treated, some types of skin cancer cells can spread to other tissues and organs.

The abnormal cells have not spread outside the duct to other tissues in the breast.

Cancer has not spread to tissues around the outside of the eye or to other parts of the body.