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.

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What is it like to have Inflammatory Breast Cancer?

Common symptoms How bad it is What people are taking for it
Severity
Severe
Moderate
Mild
None
Nothing reported yet
Nothing reported yet
Diclofenac, Tramadol
Nothing reported yet
Nothing reported yet

Who has Inflammatory Breast Cancer at PatientsLikeMe?

<20 20s 30s 40s 50s 60s 70+
Current Age
Age at first symptom
Age at first symptom # of patients Proportion
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
Diagnosis status
Diagnosis status # of patients Proportion
Diagnosed 12

These charts show data from Inflammatory Breast Cancer patients who have completed their condition history