In 1998 the surgeon told me he wanted to schedule a biopsy for inflammatory breast cancer (IBC). I was too numb to ask very many questions, but when I got home, one of the first things I did was an internet search on "inflammatory breast cancer." I didn't find much, but all of what I did find was terrifying. One statistic that really hit home was "average survival of 18 months." Both my children had graduation ceremonies coming up in 15 months, and the thought that I might not live to go to...
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Types of Breast Cancer: Inflammatory Breast Cancer (IBC)
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