We, The Inflammatory Breast Cancer Foundation, would like to welcome you to our place on the giant cosmos of the Internet Highway as we keep you up to date on all the breaking news on IBC, in the United States and the world. We hope you stay for awhile and find out who we are, and what our mission is going forward.
We are here to educate the general public and the world, plus
unfortunately many in the medical community, that there is a deadly
form of breast cancer that WE are not told to look for.
Towards that goal, the fourth Wednesday of the month we have a radio show, called IBC FACT & FALLACIES, where we have guests and take phone calls on our toll free line, all relating to IBC.
Click the graphic to go to the radio show page.
This month we will be talking with Kommah McDowell about her amazing journey with Inflammatory Breast Cancer. 10 p.m. EST, February 24th.
We hope that through these pages you will better understand:
What.. Inflammatory Breast Cancer is, (known also as IBC).
What.. The common symptoms are (which many times appear sometimes overnight): a swollen breast, a painful breast, incessant itchy breast, a rash on one breast or what may look like a bug bite that won't go away with creams or ointments, or an inflamed breast sometimes overnight. That if one course of antibiotic doesn't work, demand that your doctor rule out IBC.
That.. Inflammatory Breast Cancer can appear overnight, without warning.
Things.You need to know: Mammograms usually don't pick up IBC because normally there is no lump that women are told to look for.
Why.. Doctors misdiagnose Inflammatory Breast Cancer as mastitis.
Why.. We need to push this message across the country.
Who..Our group of dedicated advocates is, and a brief message about each one of us.
Tips: On the top of most of the included pages of this website, you will find TIPS. These are TIPS that doctors and patients have given to people dealing with first sypmtoms of Inflammatory Breast Cancer, plus TIPS from patients who have gone through chemotherapy.
The
Inflammatory Breast Cancer Foundation, with its coalition of strong
voices can advocate for "appropriate research" in the field of
diagnosing and treating this under-reported disease.
Join us in
our crusade to tell everyone you come in contact with, there is a
breast cancer we are not told about. Help us spread the word so that
no woman says, "I didn't know there was another type of breast cancer"
and "what is Inflammatory Breast Cancer?" You could save someone's
life.
The Morgan Welch Inflammatory Breast Cancer Research Program is the first in the nation, which opened it's doors in October of 2006 in Houston Texas, at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. A very dedicated group of 16 clinical and pre-clinical investigators spanning six divisions, including cancer medicine, diagnostic imaging, pathology/laboratory medicine, prevention, radiation oncology and surgery are working to find better treatments/ protocols and the badly needed research into the mysteries of this deadly form of breast cancer.
The above educational video, which has circled the internet since May of 2006, plus the many stories Michelle Esteban has done since, have circled the internet. KOMO TV in Seattle Washington put in motion an amazing eye opening experience for millions of viewers. Michelle has continued with a series of stories regarding Inflammatory Breast Cancer, winning Emmy's for her contribution to our cause. Beside Michelle is Jon Knorr her phenomenal camerman who has been incredibly sensitive to the issue, and with remarkable patience, we all want to thank him.
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