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What is the Deal With Inflammatory Breast Cancer?

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What is the Deal With Inflammatory Breast Cancer?

So you've been diagnosed with inflammatory breast cancer. Yes it is an rare cancer to get but once you have these breast cancer cells it becomes very aggressive and hard to deal with. So with cancer you have cancer cells attacking your lymph nodes at an alarming rate.

The good news is that inflammatory breast cancer only occurs in 1 - 7 percent of all patients. We know that not many people have cancer because it is rare but the one thing that most studies have found is that unlike other forms of cancer inflammatory breast cancer normally occurs in younger women instead of older women. The more common, form of breast cancer starts to show in women over 35, not so with inflammatory breast cancer this basically means tons of young women will be dying before their times, so if you can ever participate in any event please do so, every little bit helps. Another oddity about this form of cancer is its ability to form cancer cells in older men.

By Richard P Jackson

Inflammatory Breast Cancer, Rare But Dangerous

Inflammatory breast cancer is a rare and very aggressive type of breast cancer that can be difficult to treat. The name, inflammatory breast cancer, may cause some confusion. It is called "inflammatory" because with this type of cancer, the breast appears inflamed or swollen, red and tender. In inflammatory breast cancer, the cancer cells grow and spread rapidly, penetrating and eventually blocking the lymph vessels just below the skin of the breast. If there is a true infection of the breast, antibiotics will help the swelling and inflammation. If cancer cells are causing the inflammation, antibiotics won't help.

Inflammatory breast cancer can be difficult to diagnose. Inflammatory breast cancer is typically diagnosed with a biopsy of the breast skin and tissue. Treatment for inflammatory breast cancer starts with chemotherapy, followed by surgery and radiation therapy. The recommended surgery for this type of cancer is a mastectomy. Chemotherapy may also be given after surgery to kill any remaining cancer cells.

If changes in the skin of the breast occur, see a doctor right away and ask about this type of breast cancer.

By Gary Leonard