Why Are Younger Women Diagnosed with Breast Cancer at Higher Rates?

Why are younger women diagnosed with breast cancer at higher rates?

Despite huge leaps in breast cancer treatment over the last two decades, diagnoses of the disease continue to increase, and at a faster annual rate of late, 1.7%, among younger

Study links hormone therapy to breast cancer risk in younger women

Scientists at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have found that two common types of hormone therapy may alter breast cancer risk in women before age 55.

Study finds new link between HRT and breast cancer risk in young women

An international team of researchers wanted to explore the risks among younger women on hormone therapy. Here’s what they found

Breast cancer risk elevated among young women using certain HRT – study

Previous work has focused on the risk among older women.

Breast cancer risk in younger women may be influenced by hormone therapy

Scientists at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have found that two common types of hormone therapy may alter breast cancer risk in women before age 55. The study, "Hormone therapy use and young-onset breast cancer: a pooled analysis of prospective cohorts included in the Premenopausal Breast Cancer Collaborative Group," was published in The Lancet Oncology.

Pop Icon Diagnosed With Cancer at 37 Admits She's a 'Little Out of It'

The beloved performer shared a major update with fans.