Open AccessEvaluating the incidence of inflammatory breast cancer using population- and hospital-based cancer registries in Casablanca, Morocco
Author(s) -
Joseph R Gunden,
Karima Bendahhou,
Abdellatif Benider,
Ahmadaye Ibrahim Khalil,
Mohamed Khalis,
Mark L. Wilson,
Amr S. Soliman
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
breast disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.244
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1558-1551
pISSN - 0888-6008
DOI - 10.3233/bd-180357
Subject(s) - medicine , cancer registry , incidence (geometry) , breast cancer , inflammatory breast cancer , medical record , population , cancer , pediatrics , environmental health , physics , optics
Inflammatory breast cancer (IBC) is a rare and aggressive type of breast cancer (BC). Physicians have difficulty diagnosing it correctly given its clinical nature. Previous studies have shown that North Africa compared to the United States has a higher proportion of IBC relative to all BC.