Cancer Information Blog

This news from Norwey with not a ver positive point of view about Breast Cancer :

Breast cancer tumours grow faster in younger women, a new Norwegian study says.

A research team from the Cancer Registry of Norway analyzed data from almost 400,000 female breast cancer patients between the ages of 50 and 69. They found that tumours in women aged 50 to 59 took an average of 1.4 years to grow from 10 mm to 20 mm in diameter. In women aged 60 to 69 years of age, tumours took an average of 2.1 years to grow the same amount. ”

Here are a few facts about Breast Cancer :

• Many young women and their doctors are unaware that they are at risk for breast cancer.
• There is no effective breast cancer screening tool for women 40 and under.
• Young women are often diagnosed at a later stage than their older counterparts.
• There is very little research or educational material focused on issues unique to this younger population, such as fertility, pregnancy, genetic predisposition, the impact of hormonal status on the effectiveness of treatment, psycho-social and long-term survivorship issues, and higher mortality rates for young women, particularly for African-Americans and Latinas.
• Young women diagnosed with breast cancer often feel isolated and have little contact with peers who can relate to what they are experiencing.
• As the incidence of young women with breast cancer is much lower than in older women, young women are underrepresented in many cancer research studies.