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Understanding IBC Terminology
Online Medical Dictionaries – Cancer.Net, March 2020
Cancer Terms – Cancer.Net, March 2020
Understanding Statistics Used to Guide Prognosis & Evaluate Treatment – Cancer.Net, March 2020
Defining Cancer Statistics – National Cancer Institute, September 2019
Drug Dictionary – National Cancer Institute, September 2019
IBC Diagnosis, Treatment and Follow-up
[VIDEO] NCCN Patient Webinar: Inflammatory Breast Cancer – National Comprehensive Cancer Network, July 2023
Guidelines for Patients – National Comprehensive Cancer Network, 2023
Inflammatory Breast Cancer Statistics –Cancer.Net, February 2023
How is IBC Diagnosed? – National Cancer Institute, September 2019
[VIDEO] Inherited Genetics of IBC – Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, August 2019
Tips for Living With IBC
[VIDEO] What to Say & Do When Someone You Love Has Advanced Breast Cancer or IBC – Sussex Health Outcomes Research & Education in Cancer, August 2023
Questions to Ask When Making Appointments – Cancer.Net, June 2023
Eating Hints: Before, During & After Cancer Treatment – National Cancer Institute, December 2022
Nutrition Recommendations During and After Treatment – Cancer.Net, June 2022
Food Safety During and After Cancer Treatment – Cancer.Net, August 2021
Taking Vitamins, Herbal Products & Other Dietary Supplements During Cancer – Cancer.Net, March 2021
Nutrition in Cancer Care – National Cancer Institute, September 2023
Taking Part in Cancer Treatment Research Studies – National Cancer Institute, November 2016
Getting Involved With Advocacy
How to Become a Patient Peer Reviewer – American Association for Cancer Research, 2023
Tips to Interpret a Scientific Poster – American Association for Cancer Research, 2023
Selected IBC Research
MRI Changes in Breast Skin Following Preoperative Therapy for Patients with IBC – Academy of Radiology, 2022
A Large-cohort Retrospective Study of Metastatic Patterns & Prognostic Outcomes Between Inflammatory and Non-inflammatory Breast Cancer – Therapeutic Advances in Medical Oncology, June 2020
Discrepancy Between FDG-PET/CT and Contrast-enhanced CT in the Staging of Patients with IBC: Implications for Treatment Planning – Breast Cancer Research & Treatment, April 2020
Extent of Axillary Surgery in Inflammatory Breast Cancer: a Survival Analysis of 3500 Patients – PubMed, January 2020
Prediction of Bone Metastasis in IBC Using a Markov Chain Model – The Oncologist, October 2019
Patterns of breast reconstruction in patients diagnosed with IBC: The Dana-Farber Cancer Institute’s Inflammatory Breast Cancer Program experience – The Breast Journal, August 2019
Perspectives on Inflammatory Breast Cancer (IBC) Research, Clinical Management and Community Engagement from the Duke IBC Consortium – Journal of Cancer, June 2019
Excellent Locoregional Control in Inflammatory Breast Cancer With a Personalized Radiation Therapy Approach – Practical Radiation Oncology, May 2019
Pathologic complete response and overall survival in breast cancer subtypes in stage III IBC – Springer Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, April 2019
BRCA Mutations in Women with Inflammatory Breast Cancer – Cancer, February 2018
Primary Inflammatory Carcinoma of the Breast Retrospective Review of Mammographic Findings – American Journal of Roentgenology, February 2000
Distinct Epidemiological Profiles Associated with IBC: A Comprehensive Analysis of the IBC Registry at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center – PLOS ONE, September 2018
Does Nonmetastatic IBC Have a Worse Prognosis Than Other Nonmetastatic T4 Cancers? – Cancer, October 2018
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