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Types of breast cancer
Inflammatory breast cancer
Inflammatory breast cancer is an
especially aggressive type of breast cancer that can occur in women of any
age (and, although extremely rarely, in men). It is unique because it
often does not present with a lump and therefore often is not detected by
mammography or ultrasound. It presents with the signs and symptoms of a
breast infection such as mastitis.
IBC or Inflammatory Breast Cancer causes breast changes in the nipple and
surrounding areas. It affects teenagers, and most of them are too
embarrassed to show the disfiguration to their parents or doctors, by the
time they do it usually too late for treatment. IBC starts out looking
like a bug bite or some sort of a sore. There is a very short open window
to catch IBC and open communication between mothers and daughters or
fathers and daughters is important to be able to discuss openly about body
change or disfiguration.
Inflammatory breast cancer is defined histologically by the presence of
cancer cells in the subdermal lymphatics on skin biopsy.
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History of breast cancer
Types of breast cancer
Risk factors and etiology
Age
Alcohol
Environmental causes
Genes
Hormones
Light levels
Obesity
Unproven
Prevention in high-risk
individuals
Prevention of
Environmental Causes
Symptoms
Screening
Diagnosis
Treatment
Surgery
Radiation therapy
Indications for radiation
Types of radiotherapy
Side effects of
radiation
Systemic therapy
Chemotherapy
Hormonal treatment
Targeted therapy
Preclinical
Flax seeds
Alternative medicine
Prognosis
Breast cancer in males
Spreading elsewhere
Breast cancer awareness
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