Breast Cancer

Inflammatory Breast Cancer

One of the most aggressive types of breast cancer occurring in women of any age is inflammatory breast cancer. The typical presentation is rapid swelling, sometimes associated with skin changes, persistent itching rapid increase in breast size, redness and nipple retraction. It is often regarded as systemic cancer. Breast cancer is diagnosed by a biopsy where it confirms as malignancy Ultrasound is useful for looking at some breast changes, such as lumps or changes in women with dense breast tissue especially those that can be felt but not seen on a mammogram that are best breast cancer screening tests. All Inflammatory breast cancers start as Stage IIIB since they involve the skin but if cancer has spread to lymph nodes around the collarbone or inside the chest, its stage IIIC and cancer that has spread outside the breast and nearby lymph nodes it is stage IV.