Inflammatory Breast Cancer Management in the National Comprehensive Cancer Network: The Disease, Recurrence Pattern, and Outcome

This large, retrospective, multi-institutional study confirms the aggressive clinical features, unique recurrence patterns, and adverse prognosis of IBC. The high rate of CNS recurrence among high-risk subtypes, despite the inflammatory nature of the breast cancer, suggests that new strategies are needed for earlier detection or prevention of brain metastases to improve long-term prognosis.