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Regarding a healthy 54 year old woman...If a breast needle biopsy shows a breast cancer that is NOT encapsulated, is this IBC (inflamatory breast cancer)?
Optional Information: Person's Gender: Female Person's Age: 48 Already Tried: I am the younger sister of cancer diagnosis person
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no,
inflammatory breast cancer is breast cancer spreading through the lymphatic channels of the skin
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but if the breast cancer has grown out of the basement membrane, then it is an invasive breast cancer and not a DCIS or ductal carcinoma insituI didn't get your last reply.do you have other questions?