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Urgent Human Health Info - Please pass this along to every Woman AND Man you know!!!
I consider myself a well informed woman on health issues. This is something I NEVER heard of.
I received an email from a friend and actually watched it since it said "URGENT" - I usually just deleted this kind of emails. I was so shocked at what I read that I did some research and made my employees use tis info as a mandatory inservice today. I have enclosed this info below. Please pass this on to every person you know - if they tell 10 people and they tell 10 people, etc....
Inflammatory Breast Cancer
You Don’t Have to Have a Lump to Have Breast Cancer
Some women who have IBC may remain undiagnosed for long periods, even while seeing their doctor to learn the cause of her symptoms. The symptoms are similar to mastitis, a breast infection & some doctors, not recognizing IBC, will prescribe antibiotics. If a response to antibiotics is not apparent after a week, a biopsy should be performed or a referral to a breast specialist is warranted.
Age 56: Median age at time of diagnosis of IBC … versus,
Age 62: Median age at time of diagnosis of Breast Cancer.
A surprising portion of young women with IBC had their first symptoms during pregnancy or lactation. The misconception that these young women are at lower risk for breast cancer & the fact that IBC is the most aggressive form of breast cancer may result in metastases when the diagnosis is made.
Definition
IBC is a rare but aggressive type of breast cancer that develops rapidly, making the affected breast red, swollen & tender. It's a locally advanced cancer, meaning it has spread from its point of origin to nearby tissue & possibly to nearby lymph nodes.
The early signs of more-common forms of breast cancer — a breast lump or suspicious area on a routine, screening mammogram — are often absent in IBC. Instead, the breast may appear normal until tumor cells invade & block lymphatic vessels in the overlying skin. Fluid backs up, & the breast swells & becomes discolored.
IBC can easily be confused with a breast infection, but if it's cancer, symptoms won't go away with antibiotics. Seek medical attention promptly if you notice skin changes on your breast, to help distinguish a breast infection from other breast disorders.
IBC accounts for between 1 percent & 6 percent of all breast cancer cases in the United States. Survival rates are lower than those observed in other locally advanced breast cancers. But new treatment approaches offer greater odds for survival than ever before.
Signs & symptoms include:
*Rapid change in the appearance of one breast, over the course of days or weeks
*Thickness, heaviness or visible enlargement of one breast
*Discoloration, giving the breast a red, purple, pink or bruised appearance
*Unusual warmth of the affected breast
*Dimpling or ridges on the skin of the affected breast, similar to an orange peel
*Itching
*Tenderness, pain or aching
*Enlarged lymph nodes under the arm, above the collarbone or below the collarbone
*Flattening or turning inward of the nipple
*Swollen or crusted skin on the nipple
*Change in color of the skin around the nipple (areola)
*Other conditions have symptoms resembling those of IBC. A breast infection (mastitis) also causes redness, swelling & pain, but breast infections usually develop during breast-feeding. With an infection, you're likely to have a fever, which is unusual (but not unheard of) in IBC.
*Breast surgery or radiation therapy may block the lymphatic vessels in breast skin, temporarily making the breast swell & become discolored. When caused by surgery or radiation treatments, however, these changes gradually subside.
Tests & diagnosis
A diagnosis of IBC is based on your medical history, your physical exam & an excisional biopsy — taking a small sample of skin & some of the underlying tissue to examine under a microscope because the hallmark of IBC is finding tightly packed clumps of cancer cells (tumor emboli) in the lymphatic vessels of the skin. Imaging tests — mammogram & breast ultrasound — also may be used to confirm the diagnosis by showing areas of skin thickening.
Treatments & drugs
Treatment for IBC starts with chemotherapy, followed by surgery & radiation therapy. This combined-treatment approach has improved the outlook for women with IBC. About half the women diagnosed with the condition survive five or more years, & nearly one-third are alive 20 years after diagnosis.
check out this utube video!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3s9_UrVtc6c
I received an email from a friend and actually watched it since it said "URGENT" - I usually just deleted this kind of emails. I was so shocked at what I read that I did some research and made my employees use tis info as a mandatory inservice today. I have enclosed this info below. Please pass this on to every person you know - if they tell 10 people and they tell 10 people, etc....
Inflammatory Breast Cancer
You Don’t Have to Have a Lump to Have Breast Cancer
Some women who have IBC may remain undiagnosed for long periods, even while seeing their doctor to learn the cause of her symptoms. The symptoms are similar to mastitis, a breast infection & some doctors, not recognizing IBC, will prescribe antibiotics. If a response to antibiotics is not apparent after a week, a biopsy should be performed or a referral to a breast specialist is warranted.
Age 56: Median age at time of diagnosis of IBC … versus,
Age 62: Median age at time of diagnosis of Breast Cancer.
A surprising portion of young women with IBC had their first symptoms during pregnancy or lactation. The misconception that these young women are at lower risk for breast cancer & the fact that IBC is the most aggressive form of breast cancer may result in metastases when the diagnosis is made.
Definition
IBC is a rare but aggressive type of breast cancer that develops rapidly, making the affected breast red, swollen & tender. It's a locally advanced cancer, meaning it has spread from its point of origin to nearby tissue & possibly to nearby lymph nodes.
The early signs of more-common forms of breast cancer — a breast lump or suspicious area on a routine, screening mammogram — are often absent in IBC. Instead, the breast may appear normal until tumor cells invade & block lymphatic vessels in the overlying skin. Fluid backs up, & the breast swells & becomes discolored.
IBC can easily be confused with a breast infection, but if it's cancer, symptoms won't go away with antibiotics. Seek medical attention promptly if you notice skin changes on your breast, to help distinguish a breast infection from other breast disorders.
IBC accounts for between 1 percent & 6 percent of all breast cancer cases in the United States. Survival rates are lower than those observed in other locally advanced breast cancers. But new treatment approaches offer greater odds for survival than ever before.
Signs & symptoms include:
*Rapid change in the appearance of one breast, over the course of days or weeks
*Thickness, heaviness or visible enlargement of one breast
*Discoloration, giving the breast a red, purple, pink or bruised appearance
*Unusual warmth of the affected breast
*Dimpling or ridges on the skin of the affected breast, similar to an orange peel
*Itching
*Tenderness, pain or aching
*Enlarged lymph nodes under the arm, above the collarbone or below the collarbone
*Flattening or turning inward of the nipple
*Swollen or crusted skin on the nipple
*Change in color of the skin around the nipple (areola)
*Other conditions have symptoms resembling those of IBC. A breast infection (mastitis) also causes redness, swelling & pain, but breast infections usually develop during breast-feeding. With an infection, you're likely to have a fever, which is unusual (but not unheard of) in IBC.
*Breast surgery or radiation therapy may block the lymphatic vessels in breast skin, temporarily making the breast swell & become discolored. When caused by surgery or radiation treatments, however, these changes gradually subside.
Tests & diagnosis
A diagnosis of IBC is based on your medical history, your physical exam & an excisional biopsy — taking a small sample of skin & some of the underlying tissue to examine under a microscope because the hallmark of IBC is finding tightly packed clumps of cancer cells (tumor emboli) in the lymphatic vessels of the skin. Imaging tests — mammogram & breast ultrasound — also may be used to confirm the diagnosis by showing areas of skin thickening.
Treatments & drugs
Treatment for IBC starts with chemotherapy, followed by surgery & radiation therapy. This combined-treatment approach has improved the outlook for women with IBC. About half the women diagnosed with the condition survive five or more years, & nearly one-third are alive 20 years after diagnosis.
check out this utube video!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3s9_UrVtc6c
Comment
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Comment by Kathy Spyker on March 10, 2009 at 6:10pm
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I never heard of this either. Thanks for passing it on to us.
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Comment by Adrianne Matzkin on March 10, 2009 at 5:21pm
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I never even heard of it until I got an email with a utube video attached of a news station report. Freaked me out that I never heard of it. I only hope and pray that other DK members read it and pass the word and the utube sight so others can get the info to protect themselves.
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Comment by Missi on March 9, 2009 at 8:18pm
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IBC is considered a Stage III breast cancer. Thanks for posting such important information!
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