THERE ARE VERY FEW SYMPTOMS OF BREAST CANCER IN YOUNG WOMEN

This statement should be alarming to all young women under the age of 40 because Symptoms of Breast Cancer in Young Women often come too late. The actual percentage of women who are diagnosed with breast cancer that is 40 and below is 7% of all women diagnosed. The real tragedy is Symptoms of Breast Cancer in Young Women is the hardest to detect and when it shows up it is usually advanced and tragic. So we now have the minority 7% of Symptoms of Breast Cancer in Young Women being the group that has the highest mortality rate.

The Symptoms of Breast Cancer in Young Women typically are caught during self-examination which is problematic due to the density of the breast tissue. This is why early mammograms aren’t recommended for young women because the density issue renders the mammogram findings inconclusive. So this leaves the group that falls short of the 40 and over women’s population at especially higher risk of advanced breast cancer. There are studies that show chest x-rays in young women puts them at higher risk later in life for breast cancer. If your family history has breast cancer victims it raises the risk of young women contracting the disease. Symptoms of Breast Cancer in Young Women often go unheeded and the chance for successful treatment lessens greatly so a regiment of monthly self-examination is imperative.

Young women should be proactive in advancing the discussion of saving lives by promoting self-examination and having a clinical examination every three years. The Symptoms of Breast Cancer in Young Women are typically a lump discovered and carefully monitored by your physician. Young Women who have a personal history of a non-cancerous breast disease, a close family member like a mother, daughter or sister that is diagnosed with breast cancer, or have a history of radiation therapy to the chest before the age of 40, evidence of a genetic defect (BRCA1/BRCA2), have a Gail Index score of at least 1.7%, and finally young women who heavily use alcohol, high intake of red meat, dense breast, obesity, and race.

The Symptoms of Breast Cancer in Young Women can be increased by the use of oral contraceptives according to studies. However, there are an increasing number of studies that say the use of oral contraceptives by women under the age of 40 doesn’t show much of an increase. So here we are with even more difficult life choices for young women under 40 that have a lesser risk of contracting this terrible disease of breast cancer but a higher chance of dying from it if they get it. The answer lies in carefully watching out for the Symptoms of Breast Cancer in Young Women by strictly adhering to self-examinations and promoting this life-saving regiment to other young women to do the same.