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Involvement of a nearby lymph node can still be classified as Stage II.

Stage II is not early, it's actually right in the middle. There are 5 stages: 0, I, II, III and IV. http://www.breastcancer.org/symptoms/diagnosis/staging.jsp

You'd know better than I do, I'm just saying, how ever early it isn't, it's also not "late".