Inflammatory Breast Cancer (IBC) Scoring System
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The IBC Scoring System has not yet completed scientific validation. Results generated from this tool should not be used as a substitute for medical evaluation, diagnosis, or treatment. Susan G. Komen, the Inflammatory Breast Cancer Research Foundation, The Milburn Foundation and the sponsors, collaborators, and partnering organizations, directors, officers, trustees, employees, agents and assigns of each of them make no warranties or representations regarding the accuracy, completeness, timeliness, comparative value, controversial nature, or usefulness of any information contained or referenced in or produced by the IBC Scoring System.

Medical evaluation is required to confirm a negative or positive diagnosis of IBC. Patients should consult a health care provider before taking actions or not taking actions related to their health care. Use of the IBC Scoring System does not create an express or implied physician-patient relationship.

The patient information entered into the IBC Scoring System is only used to generate an IBC Classification Score and will not be collected or saved. By using the IBC Scoring System, you acknowledge and agree not to include personally identifiable patient information in any responses. Susan G. Komen and their above-referenced organizations will not contact users of the IBC Scoring System unless you subscribe to receive more information or provide feedback. By providing feedback via the user survey, you can help improve the usability of this tool.

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STEP 2: Make selections for the proposed IBC diagnostic criteria

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    Important Instructions

    A diagnosis of IBC ultimately depends on biopsy confirmation of breast cancer and cannot be made based on the IBC Scoring System results, which is intended to be a tool for health care providers to help differentiate IBC from other forms of breast cancer.

    To use the scoring system, you will need to enter information regarding the timing and onset of symptoms, clinical presentation, breast imaging and pathology. The IBC Scoring System can be applied at any point in the disease presentation, e.g., before or after a trial of antibiotics, and without regard to the timing of a breast biopsy. Because of the variable nature of IBC, clinical presentation of the breast may change over time. This may impact the IBC Classification Score; therefore, the selections made within the calculator should be based on the most severe characteristics observed, regardless of their persistence.

    Please answer questions to the best of your ability. There may be some subjectivity in making selections using the tool. These subjectivities are currently being refined in an ongoing validation study. By providing feedback via the user survey, you can help improve the usability of this tool.

    Please reference the publication, Inflammatory breast cancer defined: proposed common diagnostic criteria to guide treatment and research for more information about the IBC Scoring System and how this score was derived.

    Breast Cancer Res Treat 2022 Apr;192(2):235-243.

    STEP 3: Review IBC Classification Score and provide feedback

    IBC Classification Score

    *ibc-score*
    IBC Classification

    Very Likely IBC (Total score > 42)

    Strong Possibility of IBC (Total score 25-41)

    Weak Possibility of IBC (Total score 14-24)

    Very Unlikely IBC (Total score < 14)

    WARNING: You selected Data Unavailable for the following categories:

      Therefore, the calculated IBC Score and IBC Classification could be higher than reported.

      The current score with these data unavailable is *ibc-score*. IF data were available for all categories, then the IBC Classification Score could be as high as *potential*, which would be classified as *potential-classification*.

      Please reference the publication, Inflammatory breast cancer defined: proposed common diagnostic criteria to guide treatment and research for more information about the IBC Scoring System and how this score was derived. Breast Cancer Res Treat 2022 Apr;192(2):235-243.

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      Disclaimer

      The IBC Scoring System has not yet completed scientific validation. Results generated from this tool should not be used as a substitute for medical evaluation, diagnosis, or treatment. Susan G. Komen, the Inflammatory Breast Cancer Research Foundation, The Milburn Foundation and the sponsors, collaborators, and partnering organizations, directors, officers, trustees, employees, agents and assigns of each of them make no warranties or representations regarding the accuracy, completeness, timeliness, comparative value, controversial nature, or usefulness of any information contained or referenced in or produced by the IBC Scoring System.

      Medical evaluation is required to confirm a negative or positive diagnosis of IBC. Patients should consult a health care provider before taking actions or not taking actions related to their health care. Use of the IBC Scoring System does not create an express or implied physician-patient relationship.

      The patient information entered into the IBC Scoring System is only used to generate an IBC Classification Score and will not be collected or saved. By using the IBC Scoring System, you acknowledge and agree not to include personally identifiable patient information in any responses. Susan G. Komen and their above-referenced organizations will not contact users of the IBC Scoring System unless you subscribe to receive more information or provide feedback. By providing feedback via the user survey, you can help improve the usability of this tool.

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      Disclaimer

      The IBC Scoring System has not yet completed scientific validation. Results generated from this tool should not be used as a substitute for medical evaluation, diagnosis, or treatment. Susan G. Komen, the Inflammatory Breast Cancer Research Foundation, The Milburn Foundation and the sponsors, collaborators, and partnering organizations, directors, officers, trustees, employees, agents and assigns of each of them make no warranties or representations regarding the accuracy, completeness, timeliness, comparative value, controversial nature, or usefulness of any information contained or referenced in or produced by the IBC Scoring System.

      Medical evaluation is required to confirm a negative or positive diagnosis of IBC. Patients should consult a health care provider before taking actions or not taking actions related to their health care. Use of the IBC Scoring System does not create an express or implied physician-patient relationship.

      The patient information entered into the IBC Scoring System is only used to generate an IBC Classification Score and will not be collected or saved. By using the IBC Scoring System, you acknowledge and agree not to include personally identifiable patient information in any responses. Susan G. Komen and their above-referenced organizations will not contact users of the IBC Scoring System unless you subscribe to receive more information or provide feedback. By providing feedback via the user survey, you can help improve the usability of this tool.