What is IBC (Inflammatory Breast Cancer)?
Inflammatory breast cancer is a rare but very aggressive type of breast cancer in which the cancer cells block the lymph vessels in the skin of the breast. This type of breast cancer is called inflammatory because the breast often looks swollen and red, or inflamed.
What is it like to have Inflammatory Breast Cancer?
| Common symptoms | How bad it is | What people are taking for it |
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| Fatigue |
Nothing reported yet
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| Anxious mood |
Nothing reported yet
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| Pain | Diclofenac, Tramadol | |
| Insomnia |
Nothing reported yet
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| Depressed mood |
Nothing reported yet
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Who has Inflammatory Breast Cancer at PatientsLikeMe?
- 17 patients have this condition
- 0 New patients joined this month
- 14 say Inflammatory Breast Cancer is their primary condition
| <20 | 20s | 30s | 40s | 50s | 60s | 70+ |
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| Current Age | ||||||
| Age at first symptom | # of patients | Proportion |
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| 0-19 years | 0 | |
| 20-29 years | 0 | |
| 30-39 years | 2 | |
| 40-49 years | 2 | |
| 50-59 years | 3 | |
| 60-69 years | 0 | |
| 70+ years | 0 |
These charts show data from Inflammatory Breast Cancer patients who have completed their condition history
Updating results…