Purpose Younger women diagnosed with breast cancer have poorer prognoses and higher
mortality compared to older women. Young black women have higher incidence rates of …

Background Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) data from 1973‐2010
have been used to show that minority women have disproportionately higher percentages of …

Background Young-onset breast cancer (< 40 years) is associated with worse prognosis and
higher mortality. Breast cancer risk factors may contribute to distinct tumor biology and …

Breast cancer is a rare disease in young women, yet is the leading cause of cancer deaths
in all ethnic groups in the United States and many parts of the world. The epidemiology for …

In this article, the American Cancer Society (ACS) provides estimates of new breast cancer
cases and deaths in 2006 and describes trends in incidence, mortality, and survival for …

BACKGROUND Assessing trends in breast cancer survival among young women who are
largely unaffected by breast cancer screening will provide important information regarding …

Background This study presents black-white breast cancer statistics, tumor histology and
receptor status, and treatment patterns for all ages and by age groups (< 40, 40-49, and≥ …

BACKGROUND The age specific breast cancer incidence rate for African‐American women
under age 35 is more than twice the rate for white women of similar age, and the mortality …

During 1999–2018, breast cancer incidence among women aged≥ 20 years decreased an
average of 0.3% per year, decreasing 2.1% per year during 1999–2004 and increasing …

Purpose Breast cancer in young women (< 40 years) is rare and carries a poor prognosis
relative to breast cancer in older women. Most studies examining global breast cancer …