US EditionBreast cancer diagnoses ticking up among young women, Asian Americans: Research
- The American Cancer Society reports increased breast cancer diagnoses, particularly among younger women, despite a decline in death rates. Racial disparities also persist.
- Karen Knudsen, CEO of the American Cancer Society, noted a 1% yearly increase in breast cancer incidence since 2012, affecting younger women more significantly.
- Asian American and Pacific Islander women face the highest annual breast cancer incidence increases, with rates rising 2.7% for those under 50 and 2.5% for older women.
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Breast cancer deaths down in the US, but diagnoses up
While breast cancer deaths are continuously becoming fewer in the United States, breast cancer diagnoses are becoming more common – especially among younger women. That’s according to a new report from the American Cancer Society. The report also found there are still significant racial disparities among those who get breast cancer. The new report shows between 1989 and 2022, the United States’ overall breast cancer death rate dropped 44%. That …
An increase in breast cancer cases has been observed among women under 50 in the United States.
Breast cancer continues to rise among younger women, study finds - Hawaii Tribune-Herald
Rates of breast cancer — the second leading cause of cancer deaths in U.S. women — climbed 1% a year from 2012 to 2021, and even more sharply among women younger than 50 and among Asian American/Pacific Islander women of all ages, according to an American Cancer Society report published Tuesday.
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