Breast cancer (BC) is the second leading cause of cancer-related death in women under the age of 40 years worldwide. In addition, the incidence of breast cancer in young women (BCYW) has been rising. Young women are not the focus of screening programs and BC in younger women tends to...
Although more and more women are surviving breast cancer, the disease is becoming more common, particularly at younger ages. Anew reportshows the breast cancer rate rose by 1% annually from 2012 to 2021, with even greater increases among women under age 50 and a startling jump even among women...
“It’s not that we think breast cancer is a completely different disease in younger women,” says Ann Partridge, professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, but it tends to bemore aggressiveand frequently goes undiagnosed for longer periods. Current screening for breast cancer suggests that ...
Mammography in these younger women appears to have a more limited role, with a sensitivity of only 76%. These findings indicate that the diagnosis of breast cancer in younger women is often more difficult than in older age groups and that the presentation and detection of such cancers is ...
First, the HRQoL effects of breast cancer are larger among women diagnosed at younger ages. Second, the HRQoL effects of breast cancer are concentrated in the first year after diagnosis, with larger effects among women diagnosed at younger ages. Third, there are significant differences in the ...
BOSTON - Breast cancer deaths are falling, but more women under the age of 50 are being diagnosed with it. However, there are modifiable risk factors that women can address to reduce their chances of getting breast cancer. Breast cancer is one cancer that is significantly influenced by life...
BOSTON - Breast cancer deaths are falling, but more women under the age of 50 are being diagnosed with it. However, there are modifiable risk factors that women can address to reduce their chances of getting breast cancer. Breast cancer is one cancer that is significantly influenced by life...
Although most of those cancers are diagnosed in older adults, about 9% of all new cases of breast cancer are found in women aged 45 and younger, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Tumors in this patient population are more likely to be aggressive, requiring inte...
In this work, we found that proliferation-related prognostic gene signatures could aid treatment decision-making independent of age. This is clinically relevant for the younger breast cancer population given the potential long-term side effects of adjuvant systemic chemotherapy and hence the need to id...
With respect to the carcinomas, the relative incidences of medullary carcinoma and ductal carcinoma in situ are increased in young women, while lobular and tubular carcinomas are decreased. Invasive breast cancer is higher grade and more proliferative in younger women, as measured by thymidine-...