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Inflammatory Breast Cancer: The Immune Perspective, Evan N. Cohen
Inflammatory Breast Cancer: The Immune Perspective, Evan N. Cohen
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Inflammatory breast cancer (IBC) is the most insidious form of locally advanced disease. Although rare and less than 2% of all breast cancer, IBC is responsible for up to 10% of all breast cancer deaths. Despite the name, very little is known about the role of inflammation or immune mediators in IBC. Therefore, we analyzed blood samples from IBC patients and non-IBC patients, as well as healthy donor controls to establish an IBC-specific profile of peripheral blood leukocyte phenotype and function of T cells and dendritic cells and serum inflammatory cytokines.
Emerging evidence suggests that host factors in the microenviromement …