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Written By: Editorial Team | Published : March 9, 2013 11:37 AM IST
More young women are being diagnosed with advanced and often more aggressive breast cancer, a new study by the American Cancer Society has found.
For the study, data were collected by researchers from several universities. The study found that since 1976 there has been a small but steady increase in breast cancer in women aged between 25 and 39 with slightly over 2 percent increase every year.
Breast cancer originates in the tissues of the breast. Two main types of breast cancer are: ductal carcinoma that originates in the ducts (tubes that carry milk from the breast to the nipple) and lobular carcinoma that originates in the milk producing lobules of the breast. The most common symptom is a lump or mass in the breast. There may be discharge from the nipples, rash around nipples or skin dimpling.
According to Dr. Jennifer Harvey, head of the breast cancer division, University of Virginia Medical Center, the slight increase may be due to environmental factors. 'Breast cancer is actually very uncommon. At age 30 her risk of developing breast cancer over the next 10 years is only about 1 in about 225 or so, over 10 years, so that's a really low risk, but I think what people forget is low risk is not zero,' she said.
Stating that the findings were not to scare young women, Harvey advised young women with a strong family history of breast cancer to start getting mammograms at age 25. The survival rates are lower in younger women diagnosed with breast cancer.
According to medical experts, about 4 out of 5 breast cancer patients in India are at an advanced stage when they come to a hospital. The cancer registries' data shows that urban women are at almost double the risk of breast cancer than rural women. No time for fitness, bad food, increased tobacco and alcohol consumption and lifestyle changes like late marriage are the perfect recipe for breast cancer.
