The breast cancer survival expectation?

Depends upon many, many factors.

let's talk staging first.

Staging is a collection of tests that identify the tumor type and whether or not it has spread or has the potential to spread.

From this, we learn if the cancer is operable, and if palliative care will be beneficial.

http://www.cancer.org/cancer/breastcancer/detailed...

Her age is not necessarily a death sentence.

The survival rate has more to do with cancer type and availability of treatments than with age.

If she is otherwise in good health, she has a very real chance of beating this.

(Assuming she is not American. Insurance companies decide who lives and who dies

here)

http://www.cancer.org/cancer/breastcancer/detailed...

A lot depends on early detection, darling, but I know a surprisingly large number of women who are breast cancer survivors.

Her age won't be an issue if she's otherwise healthy - my grandmother was diagnosed when she was in her early 70s, was treated, and lived into her 80s with never another problem.

You know I wish her and you the best of luck with this!

(((RP and Panther's Mum)))

It depends if it spreads.