Diseases and Conditions
Inflammatory breast cancer
Diagnosing inflammatory breast cancer
Overview
Symptoms
Causes
Risk factors
Diagnosis
Treatment
Coping and support
Preparing for an appointment
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.
