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IBC in History

The study of Inflammatory Breast Cancer has roots going much farther back than its name. The links below have selected IBC quotes, references and abstracts from the 1800s-1999 medical literature.

1800s: the first mention of IBC by other names

1900-1949: the first half of the 20th century, the cause of peau d’orange or orange peel skin appearance is discovered

1950-1984: interest in IBC appears to increase, first report in SEER data

1985-1994: IBC research pioneers, IBC in a 12 year old girl and more

1995-1999: multimodal and neoadjuvant therapies, male IBC, the dilemma of the definition of IBC and more

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