About the Authors

Tamer M. Fouad

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Department of Breast Medical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, United States of America, Morgan Welch Inflammatory Breast Cancer Research Program and Clinic, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, United States of America

Naoto T. Ueno

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Breast Medical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, United States of America, Morgan Welch Inflammatory Breast Cancer Research Program and Clinic, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, United States of America

Robert K. Yu

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, United States of America

Joe E. Ensor

Roles Formal analysis

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, United States of America

Ricardo H. Alvarez

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Breast Medical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, United States of America, Morgan Welch Inflammatory Breast Cancer Research Program and Clinic, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, United States of America

Savitri Krishnamurthy

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Pathology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, United States of America, Morgan Welch Inflammatory Breast Cancer Research Program and Clinic, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, United States of America

Anthony Lucci

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Surgical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, United States of America, Morgan Welch Inflammatory Breast Cancer Research Program and Clinic, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, United States of America

James M. Reuben

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Hematopathology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, United States of America, Morgan Welch Inflammatory Breast Cancer Research Program and Clinic, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, United States of America

Wei Yang

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Diagnostic Radiology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, United States of America, Morgan Welch Inflammatory Breast Cancer Research Program and Clinic, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, United States of America

Jie S. Willey

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Breast Medical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, United States of America, Morgan Welch Inflammatory Breast Cancer Research Program and Clinic, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, United States of America

Vicente Valero

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Breast Medical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, United States of America, Morgan Welch Inflammatory Breast Cancer Research Program and Clinic, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, United States of America

Melissa L. Bondy

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Morgan Welch Inflammatory Breast Cancer Research Program and Clinic, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, United States of America

Massimo Cristofinalli

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Morgan Welch Inflammatory Breast Cancer Research Program and Clinic, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, United States of America

Sanjay Shete

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, United States of America

Wendy A. Woodward

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Rel-zein2@houstonmethodist.org(REZ); wwoodward@mdanderson.org(WAW)

Affiliations Department of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, United States of America, Morgan Welch Inflammatory Breast Cancer Research Program and Clinic, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, United States of America

Randa El-Zein

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Rel-zein2@houstonmethodist.org(REZ); wwoodward@mdanderson.org(WAW)

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, United States of America, Morgan Welch Inflammatory Breast Cancer Research Program and Clinic, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors declare no potential conflicts of interest.