You know, there are no guarantees in this. You have to believe it can. But just remember Stage 3 isn't Stage 4. If no-one survived Stage 3, it wouldn't be called Stage 4!!
Stage 1c is when the tumor is more than 1 centimeter and less than 2 centimeters at it's greatest dimension, and when there is no lymph node involvement.
There are five stages of breast cancer (taken from a Mayo Clinic presentation): Stage 0 - Predictor of breast cancer; not yet a true cancer Stage I - Tumor no more than 2 centimeters (cm) in...