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Case #3 -
A 35 year old woman with a swollen, red, tender L breast.

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:
4.) What is the treatment for inflammatory breast cancer?

The treatment requires neoadjuvant chemotherapy. Then if operable, mastectomy is done, followed by radiation and further chemotherapy. If still inoperable after neoadjuvant therapy, radiation is given followed by surgery and then further chemotherapy.  
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