Warning for younger women: Be vigilant on breast cancer risk - Harvard Gazette

Breast cancer incidence has increased by 1 percent annually for all American women from 2012-2021, with notable rises in women under 50 and among Asian American and Pacific Islander women.

Despite a 44 percent reduction in overall mortality rates since 1989, discrepancies persist, particularly for Native American women, who have seen stagnant mortality rates for three decades.

Black women have a lower incidence (5 percent) of breast cancer than white women but exhibit a staggering 38 percent higher mortality rate, signaling a troubling trend since the 1980s.

Laura Collins emphasizes the report's surprising highlight: the rising incidence of breast cancer in younger women, a trend she has observed in clinical practice, contrasting the declining trend of the early 2000s.

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