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GlobalWomen Health 2019
Research and Reports in Gynecology and Obstetrics | ISSN: 2591-7366 | Volume 3
BREAST CANCER,
GYNECOLOGY ANDWOMEN HEALTH
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nd
World Congress on
INFLAMMATORY BREAST CANCER, THE BREAST CANCER YOU CAN SEE: WAIT
WHAT?
Peggy Stephens
Inflammatory Breast Cancer (IBC) Foundation, USA
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nflammatory breast cancer, the breast cancer you can see. Wait. What? Yes, there is a type of breast cancer
that you can ‘see’ and it may hurt. It’s called Inflammatory Breast Cancer (IBC). This is the most aggressive and
deadly type of breast cancer. Cancer cells block the lymph vessels in the skin of the breast which can cause it
to become swollen, red or inflamed. IBC is rare, accounting for 1 to 5 percent of all breast cancers diagnosed in
the United States and progresses rapidly, often in a matter of days or weeks. It grows in sheets or nests which is
why mammograms rarely pick it up. At diagnosis, IBC is stage IIIB.
pegaroo@me.comPeggy Stephens, Res Rep Gynaecol Obstet 2019, Volume 3 | DOI: 10.4066/2591-7366-C2-005