Breast Cancer/Prognosis

Inflammatory Breast Cancer

Published in Women's Health Weekly, January 11th, 1995

Inflammatory breast cancer is an uncommon type of breast cancer that accounts for one to four percent of all cases of the disease, reports the U.S. National Cancer Institute in an January 1, 1995 update.

The average age of patients with this disease is 52 years, and approximately one-third of patients are premenopausal.

Inflammatory breast cancer invades the lymph vessels of the skin of the breast and blocks these vessels, resulting in a reddened appearance of the skin. Symptoms may include a lump in the breast, feelings of breast enlargement or thickness, pain in the breast or nipple, warmth, redness, and swelling. Ridges may appear on the skin,...

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Source: Women's Health Weekly (1995-01-11)

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