{"id":27818,"date":"2022-01-21T15:06:57","date_gmt":"2022-01-21T15:06:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cmshub.wpengine.com\/?p=367155"},"modified":"2024-11-03T15:14:04","modified_gmt":"2024-11-03T15:14:04","slug":"young-women-at-increased-risk-of-aggressive-breast-cancer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/young-women-at-increased-risk-of-aggressive-breast-cancer\/","title":{"rendered":"Young Women At Increased Risk Of Aggressive Breast Cancer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span id=\"content-body\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"content-body\">Breast cancer is on the rise among younger women.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"content-body\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"content-body\">According to a study published in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/abs\/pii\/S1877782113000775\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Journal of the American Medical Association<\/a>, there has been a 2% annual increase in invasive breast cancer in U.S. women under 40 over the last three decades.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"content-body\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"content-body\">A second study by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cancer.org\/content\/dam\/cancer-org\/research\/cancer-facts-and-statistics\/breast-cancer-facts-and-figures\/breast-cancer-facts-and-figures-2017-2018.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">American Cancer Society<\/a> shows that invasive breast tumors in women under 45 years old increased by 11.8% between 2007 and 2011 alone.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"content-body\">That\u2019s some scary stuff to think about, especially since many women are not urged to get mammograms until age 40 or beyond.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_367152\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-367152\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><span id=\"content-body\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dd4ethwnlwo2.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/YoungWomenBreastCancer-6.jpg\" alt=\"Young women can face a higher risk of aggressive cancers.\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1250\" class=\"size-full wp-image-367152\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/d1dd4ethwnlwo2.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/YoungWomenBreastCancer-6.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/d1dd4ethwnlwo2.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/YoungWomenBreastCancer-6-270x338.jpg 270w, https:\/\/d1dd4ethwnlwo2.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/YoungWomenBreastCancer-6-540x675.jpg 540w, https:\/\/d1dd4ethwnlwo2.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/YoungWomenBreastCancer-6-135x169.jpg 135w, https:\/\/d1dd4ethwnlwo2.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/YoungWomenBreastCancer-6-768x960.jpg 768w\" data-sizes=\"(min-width:1200px) 1200px, (min-width:992px) 992px, (min-width:768px) 768px, (min-width:576px) 480px, 300px\"><\/span><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-367152\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span id=\"content-body\">Young women can face a higher risk of aggressive cancers.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span id=\"content-body\">This year, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cancer.org\/cancer\/breast-cancer\/about\/how-common-is-breast-cancer.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">American Cancer Society<\/a> estimates:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span id=\"content-body\">About 287,850 new cases of invasive breast cancer will be diagnosed in women.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"content-body\">About 51,400 new cases of ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) will be diagnosed.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"content-body\">About 43,250 women will die from breast cancer<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_367150\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-367150\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><span id=\"content-body\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dd4ethwnlwo2.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/YoungWomenBreastCancer-8.jpg\" alt=\"Many women are not urged to get mammograms until age 40 or beyond.\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1250\" class=\"size-full wp-image-367150\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/d1dd4ethwnlwo2.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/YoungWomenBreastCancer-8.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/d1dd4ethwnlwo2.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/YoungWomenBreastCancer-8-270x338.jpg 270w, https:\/\/d1dd4ethwnlwo2.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/YoungWomenBreastCancer-8-540x675.jpg 540w, https:\/\/d1dd4ethwnlwo2.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/YoungWomenBreastCancer-8-135x169.jpg 135w, https:\/\/d1dd4ethwnlwo2.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/YoungWomenBreastCancer-8-768x960.jpg 768w\" data-sizes=\"(min-width:1200px) 1200px, (min-width:992px) 992px, (min-width:768px) 768px, (min-width:576px) 480px, 300px\"><\/span><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-367150\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span id=\"content-body\">Many women are not urged to get mammograms until age 40 or beyond.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span id=\"content-body\">Unfortunately, progression is generally more aggressive when the disease strikes women at young ages, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breastcancer.org\/research-news\/do-young-women-have-worse-outcomeshttps:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC4179105\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mortality rates more than 40 percent higher<\/a> than in older patients.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"content-body\">Many women who are at risk for cancer have questions about what they can do to prevent the disease\u2019s development. In this video, Joan Lunden\u2019s oncologist takes the time to help women learn more about the disease.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"content-body\">Carolyn Pollex asked, \u201cWhy are so many young woman in their 20\u2019s and 30\u2019s getting breast cancer? Stress, lifestyle, genetics, environment?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"content-body\"><\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_367151\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-367151\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><span id=\"content-body\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dd4ethwnlwo2.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/YoungWomenBreastCancer-7.jpg\" alt=\"Breast cancer can be successfully treated if detected early enough.\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1250\" class=\"size-full wp-image-367151\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/d1dd4ethwnlwo2.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/YoungWomenBreastCancer-7.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/d1dd4ethwnlwo2.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/YoungWomenBreastCancer-7-270x338.jpg 270w, https:\/\/d1dd4ethwnlwo2.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/YoungWomenBreastCancer-7-540x675.jpg 540w, https:\/\/d1dd4ethwnlwo2.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/YoungWomenBreastCancer-7-135x169.jpg 135w, https:\/\/d1dd4ethwnlwo2.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/YoungWomenBreastCancer-7-768x960.jpg 768w\" data-sizes=\"(min-width:1200px) 1200px, (min-width:992px) 992px, (min-width:768px) 768px, (min-width:576px) 480px, 300px\"><\/span><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-367151\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span id=\"content-body\">Breast cancer can be successfully treated if detected early enough.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span id=\"content-body\">Dr. Ruth Oratz replied with, \u201cI think it is all of the above.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"content-body\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"content-body\">She went on to talk about genetics and said, \u201cWomen who have a genetic predisposition for breast cancer, we are seeing it now at a younger age.\u201d So what is the change?! Dr. Oratz believes it is diet.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"content-body\"><\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_367154\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-367154\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><span id=\"content-body\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dd4ethwnlwo2.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/YoungWomenBreastCancer-4.jpg\" alt=\"Invasive breast tumors in women under 45 years old increased by 11.8% between 2007 and 2011 alone.\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1250\" class=\"size-full wp-image-367154\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/d1dd4ethwnlwo2.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/YoungWomenBreastCancer-4.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/d1dd4ethwnlwo2.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/YoungWomenBreastCancer-4-270x338.jpg 270w, https:\/\/d1dd4ethwnlwo2.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/YoungWomenBreastCancer-4-540x675.jpg 540w, https:\/\/d1dd4ethwnlwo2.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/YoungWomenBreastCancer-4-135x169.jpg 135w, https:\/\/d1dd4ethwnlwo2.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/YoungWomenBreastCancer-4-768x960.jpg 768w\" data-sizes=\"(min-width:1200px) 1200px, (min-width:992px) 992px, (min-width:768px) 768px, (min-width:576px) 480px, 300px\"><\/span><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-367154\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span id=\"content-body\">Invasive breast tumors in women under 45 years old increased by 11.8% between 2007 and 2011 alone.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span id=\"content-body\">Doctors believe it is not the food that people are currently eating as much as what they ate as children. \u201cMaybe what is in our food is different. Antibiotics and hormones in the poultry, meat and dairy products.\u201d This is something that researchers are starting to look at, if in the increase in hormones is impacting a woman\u2019s body and increasing her risk of breast cancer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"content-body\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"content-body\">Dr. Oratz ended the interview by suggesting parents think about what they are feeding their young children and encourage them to be active.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"content-body\"><\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_367153\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-367153\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><span id=\"content-body\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dd4ethwnlwo2.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/YoungWomenBreastCancer-5.jpg\" alt=\"Take the pledge to commit to raising awareness about ways every woman can lower her risk of breast cancer.\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1250\" class=\"size-full wp-image-367153\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/d1dd4ethwnlwo2.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/YoungWomenBreastCancer-5.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/d1dd4ethwnlwo2.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/YoungWomenBreastCancer-5-270x338.jpg 270w, https:\/\/d1dd4ethwnlwo2.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/YoungWomenBreastCancer-5-540x675.jpg 540w, https:\/\/d1dd4ethwnlwo2.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/YoungWomenBreastCancer-5-135x169.jpg 135w, https:\/\/d1dd4ethwnlwo2.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/YoungWomenBreastCancer-5-768x960.jpg 768w\" data-sizes=\"(min-width:1200px) 1200px, (min-width:992px) 992px, (min-width:768px) 768px, (min-width:576px) 480px, 300px\"><\/span><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-367153\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span id=\"content-body\">Take the pledge to commit to raising awareness about ways every woman can lower her risk of breast cancer.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span id=\"content-body\">These facts should make you feel more comfortable knowing about breast cancer and what can be done to treat and prevent it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"content-body\">Watch the full interview in the video below.<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span id=\"content-body\"><noscript><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8M8_cUei9yQ?feature=oembed?\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span id=\"content-body\"><\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><\/noscript><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Whether you are a woman over 40 who has a daughter, niece, grandchild or other young relative, or if you\u2019re a young woman yourself, you can make a difference in slowing down this disturbing statistical trend. Until there is a cure, prevention and awareness are our most powerful weapons.<\/p>\n<p>Take the pledge today: Commit to raising awareness about these five proven ways every woman can lower her risk of being faced with a battle against breast cancer.<\/p>\n<aside readability=\"8.6883910386965\">\n<h3>Prevent Breast Cancer in Young Women!<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thebreastcancersite.greatergood.com\/clickToGive\/bcs\/petition\/YoungWomenBreastCancer?gg_medium=content&amp;gg_source=bcs&amp;gg_term=7872788&amp;gg_campaign=youngwomenbreastcancer&amp;gg_content=petition-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/http-aws.greatergood.com\/clickToGive\/images\/takeaction\/campaigns\/YoungWomenBreastCancer-1000x1000-petition.jpg\" alt=\"Prevent Breast Cancer in Young Women!\"><\/p>\n<p><\/a>Breast cancer diagnoses among women under 40 are rising at an alarming rate.<\/p>\n<p>Cancers diagnosed in younger women are often more aggressive and therefore more life-threatening. This is especially alarming because young women and those with low health literacy are less likely to perform regular self-exams or seek out mammograms.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Take the pledge and commit to raising awareness about ways every woman can lower her risk of breast cancer.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<div id=\"ctg-cta\" readability=\"7\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.thebreastcancersite.greatergood.com\/wp-content\/themes\/causeblog-v3\/assets\/img\/icon-bcs-support.png\" alt><\/p>\n<h5>Provide Mammograms<\/h5>\n<p>Support those fighting Breast Cancer at <span>The Breast Cancer Site<\/span> for free! <span>\u2192<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<nav id=\"recommended-grid\" role=\"navigation\" aria-label=\"Recommended Articles\" readability=\"10.5\">\n<section data-post-id=\"18747\" readability=\"2\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/drb960u7vv58y.cloudfront.net\/crop\/366918\/320\/180\/image.jpg\" alt width=\"300\" height=\"157\" loading=\"lazy\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\"><\/p>\n<p><h5>5-Year-Old Boy Surprised With Paycheck For Helping Electrical Company Fix His House<\/h5>\n<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-post-id=\"18753\" readability=\"2\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/drb960u7vv58y.cloudfront.net\/crop\/367074\/320\/180\/image.jpg\" alt width=\"300\" height=\"157\" loading=\"lazy\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\"><\/p>\n<p><h5>37-Year-Old Mom Breaks American Marathon Record<\/h5>\n<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-post-id=\"18749\" readability=\"2\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/drb960u7vv58y.cloudfront.net\/crop\/366984\/320\/180\/image.jpg\" alt width=\"300\" height=\"157\" loading=\"lazy\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\"><\/p>\n<p><h5>High School Football Coach Assigns Team To Shovel Neighbors\u2019 Snow Instead Of Practice<\/h5>\n<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-post-id=\"18746\" readability=\"2\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/drb960u7vv58y.cloudfront.net\/crop\/366904\/320\/180\/image.jpg\" alt width=\"300\" height=\"157\" loading=\"lazy\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\"><\/p>\n<p><h5>Tom Brady Gifts 10-Year-Old Brain Cancer Survivor Tickets To The Super Bowl<\/h5>\n<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-post-id=\"18752\" readability=\"2\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/drb960u7vv58y.cloudfront.net\/crop\/367044\/320\/180\/image.jpg\" alt width=\"300\" height=\"157\" loading=\"lazy\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\"><\/p>\n<p><h5>Wawa Employee Saves Life Of Customer Who Stopped Breathing After A Seizure<\/h5>\n<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-post-id=\"18751\" readability=\"2\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/drb960u7vv58y.cloudfront.net\/crop\/367026\/320\/180\/image.jpg\" alt width=\"300\" height=\"157\" loading=\"lazy\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\"><\/p>\n<p><h5>Nursing Student Donates Stem Cells To Boy Battling Leukemia &amp; Saves His Life<\/h5>\n<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-post-id=\"18750\" readability=\"2\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/drb960u7vv58y.cloudfront.net\/crop\/367011\/320\/180\/image.jpg\" alt width=\"300\" height=\"157\" loading=\"lazy\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\"><\/p>\n<p><h5>Tom Brady Surprises 10-Year-Old Brain Cancer Survivor With Tickets To The Super Bowl<\/h5>\n<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-post-id=\"18745\" readability=\"3\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/drb960u7vv58y.cloudfront.net\/crop\/366830\/320\/180\/image.jpg\" alt width=\"300\" height=\"157\" loading=\"lazy\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\"><\/p>\n<p><h5>Overall Breast Cancer Incidence Down Since 1999, Rates Increase for Women Under 40<\/h5>\n<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-post-id=\"18744\" readability=\"2\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/drb960u7vv58y.cloudfront.net\/crop\/366828\/320\/180\/image.jpg\" alt width=\"300\" height=\"157\" loading=\"lazy\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\"><\/p>\n<p><h5>Tennis Legend Chris Evert Says She\u2019s Been Diagnosed with Ovarian Cancer<\/h5>\n<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-post-id=\"18735\" readability=\"2\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/drb960u7vv58y.cloudfront.net\/crop\/366475\/320\/180\/image.jpg\" alt width=\"300\" height=\"157\" loading=\"lazy\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\"><\/p>\n<p><h5>2-Year-Boy Is So Excited To See Himself In Disney\u2019s \u2018Encanto\u2019<\/h5>\n<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/nav>\n<p><span class=\"sr-only\">Whizzco<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.thebreastcancersite.greatergood.com\/youngwomenbreastcancer\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Breast cancer is on the rise among younger women. According to a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, there has been a 2% annual increase in invasive breast cancer in U.S. women under 40 over the last three decades. A second study by the American Cancer Society shows that invasive breast [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5137],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27818","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-world-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27818","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27818"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27818\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43450,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27818\/revisions\/43450"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}