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stage IV breast cancer

Cancer has spread to other organs of the body, most often the bones, lungs, liver, or brain.

Previous Definitions:	stage IV adult primary liver cancer, stage IV adult soft tissue sarcoma, stage IV AIDS-related lymphoma, stage IV anal cancer, stage IV bladder cancer
Next Definitions:	stage IV cancer of the uterus, stage IV cervical cancer, stage IV childhood Hodgkin lymphoma, stage IV childhood liver cancer, stage IV childhood non-Hodgkin lymphoma

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