The American Cancer society estimated that in 2008, 182,460 females in America will be diagnosed with breast cancer. Roughly 10,000 of these females will be under age 40, and 23,000 under age 45. The incidence for females under 20 is even fewer. Young women are absolutely not immune from this disease.
For females ages 15-39, breast cancer accounts for 26% of all cancer, and in the 35-39 year old age group, it accounts for 39% of all cancer. And it's the important cause of death in young women between the ages of 15 and 54. These statistics sound scary. But before you panic, let's take a closer look.
To make this simple, let's say we have 100 females in our 15-39 year-old age group. Every one of these 100 female has some type of cancer (pancreatic, lung, leukemia, etc.). Out of these 100 females with cancer, 26 of them will have breast cancer. The remaining 74 females will have some other type of cancer. Out of those 26 females, 10 of them (39%) will be between 35-39 years old. The remaining 16 females will be 15-34 years old.
So, although breast cancer is the main cause of death for females between the ages of 15 and 54, the younger you are, the less likely you are to invent it. In fact, if you are younger than 19 years old, your chances are an very slim 0.00025%. In other words, out of 100,000 females under 19, 25 of them will invent breast cancer. This is agreeing to the National Cancer Institute.
When a young woman is diagnosed, her concerns tend to be different than the issues and concerns facing older women. In a younger woman, the cancer is more likely to be very aggressive, more developed and have a lower survival rate (see my article You Don't Have to Have a Lump to Have Breast Cancer).
Body image is more of an issue. Should she have reconstructive surgery or not? How will she pay for it if she doesn't have insurance? Cancer treatment can mean time out of work. How will she survive without an income? If she's planning a family, what is chemotherapy going to do to her fertility? What if she does get pregnant? What if she's pushed into early menopause by chemotherapy? That's a question if she wants children. Early menopause may also raise the risk of osteoporosis and heart disease, which are typically seen in older post-menopausal women.
Is there anything a young woman can do to prevent breast cancer? As with older women, risk factors settle if the odds are stacked for or against you. The more risk factors, the higher the chances of getting breast cancer. Some risk factors, like genetics or gender, can't be changed. Other risk factors, such as entertaining the so-called "meat-sweet" Western diet (high fat, meat, sugar, milk, bread, dessert), lack of corporal performance and obesity, are changeable. Exercise alone has been shown to decrease risk 30-40% for median and overweight women! Eating a diet high in soy foods has been shown to decrease risk in premenopausal women, together with teenagers. So, naturally taking care of your body will go a long way to minimizing your risk of breast cancer.
Yes, young women, together with teens, can invent breast cancer. But, the odds are low. The best advice to minimize your risk is to live a healthy lifestyle. Eat right, don't do drugs, don't smoke, don't drink, Exercise regularly, and keep your body fit. Pay attentiveness to your body, so you will identify any changes. And, if something seems suspicious, see your doctor right away.
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