Well, in my wife, Judy's, case a lump was found by routine examination jsut like non IBC cases and needle biopsy was done which found cancer cells and then a lumpectomy was performed, followed by chemo-therapy... She did not do well with the chemo (C-A-T) and the Taxol made here feet burn so badly she couln't walk but had to crawl...

Up to then there was no talk if IBC and only after the area around the lumpectomy got red was the diagnosis made... I'm sure that by now there a better ways to diagnose IBC...

When the IBC was finally diagnosed she had the mascetomy but by then the IBC had mastisized to the lung, lymp nodes and finally to her brain...

A dreadfull disease, indeed...

Bobert