It is about Inflammatory Breast Cancer. It was a newsclip from the Seattle Cancer Alliance. IBC is a very fast-spreading, and the most aggressive type of cancer, but to my shock, many doctors are not even aware of it.
At the time of the newsclip, three out of four cancer helplines didn't know about it. Even the Susan G. Koman foundation was unaware of it. This has since been changed. The video was quite informative and showed how it looks.
It is not discovered by a lump in the breast. In fact, most patients either thought, or were told by their doctors that they just had a bug bite on their breasts and were actually sent home with anti-biotics to treat bug bites!
Well naturally, the "bites" didn't heal. By the time the appearance of a bug bite grows into a mottled mass of redness and an inverted nipple, it is in or nearing stage four cancer. There is no stage five.
On the video, they told about a girl who died at age sixteen from IBC, because she was too embarrassed to tell her mom that her breast looked funny. That was sad.
Symptoms to watch for are:
Rapid increase in breast size
Skin hot to the touch
Redness
Persistant itching
Thickening of the breast tissue
Important note: It is not seen by a mammogram. It can only be diagnosed by an MRI or a biopsy. It shows up as sheets of cancer, as opposed to a lump.
The video told me all I needed to know, but since you can't view, I'm sure you could find some info online. I would start with the Seattle Cancer Alliance first.
