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Review
. 2003;5(6):284-8.
doi: 10.1186/bcr608. Epub 2003 Aug 26.

Inflammatory breast cancer: clinical progress and the main problems that must be addressed

Sharon H Giordano  1 , Gabriel N Hortobagyi
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Review

Inflammatory breast cancer: clinical progress and the main problems that must be addressed

Sharon H Giordano et al. Breast Cancer Res. 2003.

Abstract

Inflammatory breast cancer is a rare but highly aggressive form of locally advanced breast cancer. Historically, this disease was uniformly fatal; however, with the advent of induction chemotherapy and carefully coordinated multimodality treatment, the prognosis of these patients has improved. This article reviews the clinical characteristics of inflammatory breast cancer and the recent advances in therapy.

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Figure 1
Inflammatory breast cancer.
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Figure 2
Treatment algorithm for inflammatory breast cancer.
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