Breast cancer in younger women

Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women, with more than a million new cases detected worldwide each year. Most are in women over 50 -- the disease is rare in young women.

Presented at the 5th European Breast Cancer Conference in Nice, France, researchers from the University Hospital in Brussels, presented their results of a study of 45,000 breast cancer patients. They found that the odds of dying from breast cancer rose by 5% for every year a woman was under 45 when she was diagnosed.

A family history of breast cancer, early puberty, late menopause, not having children or having them late and genetic mutations are risk factors for breast cancer.

What can you do to prevent breast cancer?

For information on breast self-exams, go to this link:
http://www.breastcancer.org/dia_detec_exam_idx.html

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