Remember that the calculations will be summed into a single number which can then place your case into one of three treatment groups: CBS only, CBS plus XRT, or mastectomy. It is HUGELY important for you to keep in mind that this does not constitute a treatment command or final decision. It simply gives one line of evidence, a statistics-based basis for considering your options as you discuss them with your doctors.
By whatever measure, the following are the criteria for assignment of size points (such were originally assigned from the pathology tissue studies):
| equal to or less than 1.5cm...............1 point |
| from 1.6 cm. to 4.0 cm.........................2 points |
| equal to or greater than 4.1 cm.......3 points |
| tumor nuclei have diffuse chromatin, absent/inapparent nucleoli and average no larger than 1 to 1.5 RBC diameters: nuclear grade 1 (one point) |
| tumor nuclei have coarse chromatin, present but infrequent nucleoli and average no larger than 1.5 to 2.0 RBC diameters: nuclear grade 2 (two points) |
| tumor nuclei have vesicular chromatin, frequent nucleoli and average larger than two RBC diameters: nuclear grade 3 (three points) |
| closest/thinnest measured margin is equal to or greater than 1.0 cm............1 point |
| closest/thinnest measured margin is between 0.1-0.9 cm.................2 points |
| closest/thinnest measured margin is less than 0.1 cm....................3 points |
| 61 or older............1 point |
| 40-60.................2 points |
| 39 or younger....................3 points |
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