The only IBC charity helping patients for over 20 years!
Goals of Inflammatory Breast Cancer Research Foundation
Ignite interest in the study of inflammatory breast cancer (IBC) by researchers, physicians, educators, scientists, and others.
Drive and support work to reach an unambiguous definition of inflammatory breast cancer. The clinical/pathological definition, first developed in the late 1800s, is ambiguous. Twenty-first century research methods now allow an unambiguous definition.
Increase awareness of inflammatory breast cancer for primary care physicians, nursing professionals, and medical technicians in order to minimize the time from diagnosis to treatment of inflammatory breast cancer .
Broaden public awareness of inflammatory breast cancer to encourage people to seek medical attention for common inflammatory breast cancer symptoms as soon as possible.