First Signs

February 28, 2009

Symptoms of Inflammatory Breast Cancer

Another look at inflammatory breast cancer. Usually a fatal breast cancer disease that has less than 25-50% of survivors not succumbing to death within 5 years. Even with aggressive treatment and monitoring, figures are not improving.

Fortunately, IBC ( inflammatory breast cancers ) it only represents 1% of all breast cancers detected.

The first signs of IBC can includes

  • sudden abnormal lump
  • redness and soreness
  • swelling breast
  • hardness or pain in breasts
  • skin discoluraton and dimple effect

Here’sĀ  Kelley TuthillĀ  from NewsCenter 5′s report on on the deadly IBC

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February 14, 2009

Inflammatory Breast Cancer

Another feature about the fatal inflammatory breast cancer. It is my hope that by posting it here, more women will be aware of it and share this with their women friends.

Often misdiagnose as an ordinary breast infection or inflammation, the deadly IBC could take your life and devastate that of all your love ones. And it often progress so rapidly that before you know it, it may be too late. Will only 6% of all breast cancers identified as inflammatory breast cancer, it is no wonder that no many women have heard of it.

Most often than not, the very first signs of inflammatory breast cancer starts with a red swollen breast, the skin around the breast can be dimple and rough like an orange peel and nipples may be retracted or flatten.

Here’s another post about inflammatory breast cancer you may like to look at

Silent breast cancer

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