Inflammatory Breast Cancer Symptoms, Treatment, Signs, Statistics, Prognosis, Stages

Inflammatory Breast Cancer

What is inflammatory breast cancer?

Inflammatory breast cancer is a locally advanced breast cancer that may not be detected by mammogram or ultrasound.

Inflammatory breast cancer is a rare and aggressive form of breast cancer, accounting for approximately 1% to 6% of all breast cancers diagnosed in the United States.

Inflammatory breast cancer is now separated from other forms of locally advanced breast cancer. It is marked by:

A shortened survival.
A higher incidence of HER2-positive and endocrine receptor negative cancers.

It is often diagnosed at a younger age compared to non-inflammatory locally advanced breast cancers.

Reviewed on 5/9/2012

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Inflammatory Breast Cancer (IBC) Prognosis

Prognosis describes the likely course and outcome of a disease -- that is, the chance that a patient will recover or have a recurrence. IBC is more likely to have metastasized (spread to other areas of the body) at the time of diagnosis than non-IBC cases. As a result, the 5-year survival rate for patients with IBC is between 25 and 50 percent, which is significantly lower than the survival rate for patients with non-IBC breast cancer. It is important to keep in mind, however, that these statistics are averages based on large numbers of patients. Statistics cannot be used to predict what will happen to a particular patient because each person's situation is unique. Patients are encouraged to talk to their doctors about their prognosis given their particular situation.

SOURCE: National Cancer Institute

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