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Is 72 too old to develop Inflammatory Breast Cancer?

Breast Cancer | Last Active: Jun 23, 2023 | Replies (10)
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@mendyhuff

I don’t know, that’s why I’m
Asking .

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windyshores | @windyshores | Jun 21, 2023

Apparently more common in younger women. I hope you ask a doctor who can determine if you have it!

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/inflammatory-breast-cancer/symptoms-causes/syc-20355413

Risk factors
Factors that increase the risk of inflammatory breast cancer include:

Being a woman. Women are more likely to be diagnosed with inflammatory breast cancer than are men — but men can develop inflammatory breast cancer, too.

Being younger. Inflammatory breast cancer is more frequently diagnosed in people in their 40s and 50s.

Being black. Black women have a higher risk of inflammatory breast cancer than do white women.

Being obese. People who are obese have a greater risk of inflammatory breast cancer compared with those of normal weight.

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