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This profile is dedicated to the memory of Andrea Collins Smith. Without her, I would, too, still be ignorant and unaware of "The other breast cancer" This may seem trivial, but when you are one person with no contacts, you start where you can. www.PunkRockMommy.orgIBC is a form of cancer that is not detected in self breast exams, lumps or mammograms. It is a silent and may times, misdiagnosed killer. IBC stands for Inflammatory Breast Cancer and is a rare and VERY aggressive form of cancer. Women with IBC make up between 5 and 10 percent of all the women diagnosed with breast cancer in the United States each year. Symptoms usually start with the following. The breast becomes red, swollen, and warm, and looks infected. In some instances, the skin around the breast will begin to pucker or to develop dimplesâ€”somewhat like the skin of an orangeâ€”and the nipple will retract and lay flat against the breast. Inflammatory breast cancer occurs at a younger age than noninflammatory breast cancers. It has been estimated that 20 percent of all deaths attributable to breast cancer are caused by IBC. African American women have a higher incidence of IBC than do Caucasians and other ethnic groups. That is not to say white women don't get it. CANCER NEVER DISCRIMINATES!

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I'd like to meet:

..Survivors, fighters, women of all ages who have been touched by Breast cancer, especially IBC. 3-day walkers, benefit organizers, people willing and ready to help fight this disease. Butchers, Bakers, Candlestick makers, people with the drive and readiness to work hard to find a cure and KICK CANCER'S ASS! Men and women, children, students, anyone who has a person in their life who has had or has cancer. You thought you knew, but here comes another one!..

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Full lay out on IBC. What, when where? Treatment, prognosis, etc.

What is inflammatory breast cancer (IBC)? Inflammatory breast cancer is a rare but very aggressive type of breast cancer in which the cancer cells block the lymph vessels in the skin of the breast....
Posted by on Thu, 11 Sep 2008 14:48:00 GMT

YOUNG women get beast cancer too!

Young women CAN and DO get breast cancer. While breast cancer in young women accounts for a small percentage of all breast cancer cases, the impact of this disease is widespread: There are more than 2...
Posted by on Thu, 11 Sep 2008 14:40:00 GMT

Breast Cancer Statistics. DON’T BE ANOTHER ONE!

Despite the prevailing opinion that young women don't get breast cancer, the reality is that they can and they do. In fact, one in every 229 women between the ages of 30 and 39 will be diagnose...
Posted by on Thu, 11 Sep 2008 14:38:00 GMT

Men get Breast Cancer too!

Breast cancer isn't only a woman's disease. Men can get it, too. Breast cancer in men accounts for less than 1% of all breast cancer cases in the United States, making it a rare disease. For this reas...
Posted by on Thu, 11 Sep 2008 14:32:00 GMT

Passionately Pink and Pink for Punk!

I want to do a passionately pink day for the Komen Foundation. We have to pick 1 day (or as many as we want) to wear pink and collect and make at least a $5 donation to the Komen Foundation. All of th...
Posted by on Thu, 11 Sep 2008 00:04:00 GMT

Links to IBC

Buy a shirt, see what IBC looks like, all in one!http://www. speakupdesigns. com/buy_breast-cancer-awareness/bytelandart/3795002Site with a video that will tell you the tale of IBC 6 minutes, but...
Posted by on Wed, 10 Sep 2008 23:21:00 GMT

Shirts that can save a life.

Please, I know $ is tight for everyone, but this will be one of the most important shirts you can buy.It may save someones life, just by reading it!Screw Ambercrombie and all that shit, these are real...
Posted by on Wed, 10 Sep 2008 23:20:00 GMT

Awareness and information that may save your life!

YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE A LUMP TO HAVE BREAST CANCER* Rapid, unusual increase in breast size Redness, rash, blotchiness on breast Persistent itching of breast or nipple Lump or thickening of breast tis...
Posted by on Wed, 10 Sep 2008 23:18:00 GMT