Inflammatory Breast Cancer Update.: 2007

Friday, January 05, 2007

Agent Treats Inflammatory Breast Cancer

From CancerWise:

Lapatinib is First Treatment for Rare, Aggressive Cancer

In the first international, multi-center clinical trial of a therapy specific to inflammatory breast cancer (IBC), researchers found that an experimental biologic agent, lapatinib, successfully and specifically treats this rare and aggressive form of cancer....

Please follow this link to read the entire article: CancerWise-January 2007

The National Cancer Institute, NCI, describes the symptoms of inflammatory breast cancer as: *A lump or thickening in or near the breast or in the underarm area *A change in the size or shape of the breast *Nipple discharge or tenderness, or the nipple pulled back (inversion) into the breast *Ridges or pitting of the breast (the skin looks like the skin of an orange) *A change in the way the skin of the breast, areola, or nipple looks or feels (for example, warm, swollen, red, or scaly) In the NCI's Glossary: Inflammatory breast cancer: A type of breast cancer in which the breast looks red and swollen, and feels warm. The skin of the breast may also show the pitted appearance called peau d'orange (like the skin of an orange). The redness and warmth occur because the cancer cells block the lymph vessels in the skin.

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Agent Treats Inflammatory Breast Cancer

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