Inflammatory breast cancer: clinical progress and the main problems that must be addressed.
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.
Giordano
Sharon H
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Department of Breast Medical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA. sgiordan@mdanderson.org
Hortobagyi
Gabriel N
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D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D004358:Drug Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D008408:Mastectomy; D011878:Radiotherapy