這位女士原以爲自己是曬傷了,結果卻表明她已到了乳腺癌晚期
When Jennifer Cordts noticed a red spot that looked like a sunburn on her breast two years ago, she thought it'd be best to get a mammogram - just in case. The test came back normal, and she was told that the issue was she needed a bigger bra, she told WFAA, a Dallas-Fort Worth news station.
當珍妮弗·科茨兩年前發現自己胸上長了個看起來像是曬傷的紅點點時，她想最好還是去拍個乳腺X光--以防萬一。檢查結果正常，醫生告訴她問題不大，只需要買更大碼的內衣就行了，她對達拉斯-沃思堡一家名爲WFAA的電視臺說道。Like any mom with access to the internet, she Googled her symptoms when the red spot didn't go away. The first result to come up was IBC, or inflammatory breast cancer. "Everybody was asleep, and I was terrified," she told WFAA.
像其她能上網的媽媽一樣，當紅點沒有消失的時候，她上網搜索了自己的症狀。出現的第一條搜索信息就是炎性乳腺癌（IBC）。"當時每個人都睡着了，而我十分害怕，"她對WAFF說道。She went back to her doctor for a biopsy and her suspicions were quickly confirmed: She had stage four IBC. When the doctor told her, all she could think about was the fact that her Google search said no one survives this kind of cancer.
她又去看了醫生，進行了活組織檢查，而後她的懷疑很快被證實了：她到了炎性乳腺癌晚期。當醫生告訴她這一消息時，她腦海中閃過的只有她在谷歌搜索時看到的事實：得了這種癌症，沒有人能存活下來。
IBC looks different than other kinds of breast cancer, which is why doctors didn't catch it with a mammogram. Women with IBC rarely never develop the stereotypical lump that most women with breast cancer do, Dr. Marleen Meyers, a medical oncologist at NYU's Perlmutter Cancer Center, told Health. (Meyers has not treated Cordts.)
炎性乳腺癌與其它乳腺癌看起來不一樣，因此醫生在拍乳腺X光時沒有發覺。患炎性乳腺癌的女性很少會像大多數患乳腺癌的女性一樣長出典型的腫塊，紐約大學波爾馬特癌症中心的腫瘤學家馬列·梅耶斯醫生對《健康》雜誌說道。（梅耶斯沒有給科茨看病。）Although this type of breast cancer only makes up one to five percent of all breast cancer diagnoses in the U.S., that doesn't mean it shouldn't be taken seriously. Cordts was given between three and five years to live, and she hopes her story can be a warning for other women.
雖然，在美國診斷出的所有乳腺癌中，這種乳腺癌只佔5%，但這並不意味着人們應該小看它。醫生告訴科茨，她只有3到5年的時間了。她希望她的事蹟能爲其她女性提供警示。Cordt plans to spend the rest of her life checking things off her bucket list. She's already gonet o a Celine Dion concert and taken her daughter to the beach for the first time. "I really want this to educate," Cordt said. "I really want someone to go 'Oh my gosh I have redness in my breast. I better … push past the mammogram and ask for some more tests.'"
科茨打算餘生都來做遺願清單上的事情。她已經聽過了一次席琳·迪翁的演唱會、第一次帶女兒去了海灘。"我真的希望這件事能給人教育，"科茨說道。"我真的希望有些人能這樣'哦，我的天！我的胸上長了個紅點，我最好還是跳過乳腺X光，直接去做檢查吧。'"For starters, women should remember that lumps aren't the only indicator for breast cancer. Other symptoms of IBC include rapid breast growth, breast heaviness or tenderness, or inverted nipples. If you're experiencing any of these symptoms, go get yourself checked out.
對初學者而言，女性應該知道腫塊並不是乳腺癌的唯一指標，炎性乳腺癌的其它症狀包括乳房快速變大、乳房變重或壓痛以及乳頭內陷。如果你有上述這些症狀，一定要去看醫生！
