INFLAMMATORY BREAST CANCER

Women with Inflammatory Breast Cancer Are Living Longer, But the Gap Between White and Black Patients Persists

Inflammatory Breast Cancer (IBC) causes swelling and visible changes in the skin around the breast — including redness and a dimpling of the skin called peau d’orange, which is French for the skin of an orange.

The incidence of Inflammatory Breast Cancer (IBC) among Black women is more than 70% higher than in white women, affecting 4.5 Black women out of 100,000 compared to 2.6 white women, according to the study, which was published in Breast Cancer Research and Treatment .