Inflammatory Breast Cancer Course

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Course Overview Inflammatory breast cancer is a rare but aggressive form of breast cancer. Although it accounts for 2-6% of all breast cancers, the 5-year overall survival rate is only 40% while the 5-year overall survival rate for all types of breast cancer combined...

Cancer, The Glass Ceiling, & Gail.

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In honor of TNBC day, I remember my friend Gail. This photo was taken one month prior to her passing. Gail was diagnosis with Triple Negative Breast Cancer and Inflammatory Breast Cancer, passed at 42 yrs old, 420 days after her diagnosis. She only lived a few miles...

Order Please! The crucial difference that getting IBC treatments in order makes.

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Tiny vent warning…. A few weeks ago I placed a shorter version of this post in a support group that I monitor. I also wanted to post this information because I have been on the phone for days with women who are being treated for IBC.  I am just stunned by what I...

F.D.A. Approves a New Drug for Advanced Breast Cancer

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The Food and Drug Administration approved a new type of drug that combines the widely used breast cancer medicine Herceptin with a powerful toxin to more effectively kill cancer cells while potentially reducing side effects.  The drug, which will be called Kadcyla but...

Inflammatory Breast Cancer: What You Should Know

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From Medscape News: Inflammatory breast cancer (IBC) accounts for 1%-5% of all breast cancer cases but 10% of breast cancer deaths. Historically, 5-year survival in IBC has been less than 5% when treated with surgery or radiation therapy, increasing to 30%-40% with...