Ailments & Conditions

Inflammatory Breast Cancer: Symptoms, Treatments and More

Risk Factors for Inflammatory Breast Cancer

Certain risk factors for the development of inflammatory breast cancer may include:

– Age: The condition tends to affect people at a younger age, typically from 40 to 60 years old, compared to other forms of breast cancer

– Gender: Inflammatory breast cancer is more likely to affect women, but it may also occur in men

– Obesity: Obese individuals tend to be at a higher risk than those with normal bodyweight

– Ethnicity: Studies have shown that the condition tends to occur in black women more than white women [5]