[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 164 (Thursday, October 12, 2017)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1374]
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        RECOGNIZING THOSE AFFECTED BY INFLAMMATORY BREAST CANCER

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                          HON. DARRELL E. ISSA

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, October 12, 2017

  Mr. ISSA. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to bring attention to Breast 
Cancer including one of the rarest, but most lethal forms, Inflammatory 
Breast Cancer, or IBC.
  One in eight women in the United States are diagnosed with Breast 
Cancer every year, and too many women die because of late diagnosis. 
Any opportunity to raise awareness is an opportunity to save lives.
  October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Although IBC is not the 
most common form of breast cancer, it is one of the most aggressive. It 
is critical that we recognize the severity of IBC and the importance of 
education and prevention efforts.
  IBC is not commonly known as it accounts for only 1 to 5 percent of 
all breast cancer cases. However, it is one of the most aggressive and 
deadliest forms of the disease. This form of cancer does not display 
the early symptoms ordinarily looked for by medical professionals. 
Since it is one of the rarest forms of Breast Cancer, many nursing and 
medical programs do not train students on IBC screening, leading to 
misdiagnosis and increased fatalities. The patients who start to show 
symptoms of this disease tend to be correctly diagnosed at stage 3, 
leaving little to no time to seek treatment.
  The courage of women battling Breast Cancer and IBC should not go 
unnoticed and they deserve our continued support for continued research 
efforts to seek for prevention and treatment for this deadly disease.

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