Inflammatory breast cancer
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| Inflammatory breast cancer | |
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| Term | Inflammatory breast cancer |
| Short definition | inflammatory breast cancer (in-FLA-muh-TOR-ee brest KAN-ser) A type of breast cancer in which the breast looks red and swollen and is warm to the touch. The skin of the breast can also have the pitted appearance called peau d'orange (like the skin of an orange). |
| Type | Cancer terms |
| Specialty | Oncology |
| Language | English |
| Source | NCI |
| Comments | |
inflammatory breast cancer - (pronounced) (in-FLA-muh-TOR-ee brest KAN-ser) A type of breast cancer in which the breast looks red and swollen and is warm to the touch. The skin of the breast can also have the pitted appearance called peau d'orange (like the skin of an orange). The redness and warmth are caused by cancer cells blocking the lymphatic vessels in the skin
External links
- Medical encyclopedia article on Inflammatory breast cancer
- Wikipedia's article - Inflammatory breast cancer
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