Inflammatory carcinoma of the breast.

Inflammatory carcinoma of the breast was found in 30 of 1,458 patients with carcinoma of the breast seen at this medical center during a 20 year period from 1951 to 1971. These patients were evaluated for predisposing factors, presenting symptoms, physical characteristics and histologic findings. No single mode of therapy produced more than a rare five year survival period. Radical surgical procedures are seldom indicated.