Arnold Air Supports The IBC Network Foundation
What is IBC?
Inflammatory Breast Cancer (IBC) is a rare and very aggressive disease in which cancer cells block lymph vessels in the skin of the breast.
This type of breast cancer is called “inflammatory” because the breast often looks swollen and red, or “inflamed”.
The mission of the IBC Network Foundation is dedicated specifically to fund medical research for inflammatory breast cancer.
The following graphic reflects why The IBC Network Foundation mission is so needed.
This shows breast cancer grants over the last 20 years. *
IBC Facts
According to The IBC Network Foundation, inflammatory breast cancer accounts for 1 to 5 percent of all breast cancers diagnosed in the United States. Most inflammatory breast cancers are invasive ductal carcinomas, which means they developed from cells that line the milk ducts of the breast and then spread beyond the ducts.
Inflammatory breast cancer progresses rapidly, often in a matter of weeks or months. Inflammatory breast cancer is either stage III or IV at diagnosis, depending on whether cancer cells have spread only to nearby lymph nodes or to other tissues as well. It is not commonly picked up by a mammogram.
