Breast cancer in adolescents and young adults

RH Johnson, CK Anders, JK Litton… - Pediatric blood & …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Breast cancer is the most common cancer of adolescents and young adult (AYA) women
aged 15 to 39 years, accounting for 5.6% of all invasive breast cancer in women. In …

Breast cancer in adolescents and young adults: a review with a focus on biology

JR Tichy, E Lim, CK Anders - Journal of the National Comprehensive …, 2013 - jnccn.org
Breast cancer is a substantial contributor to adolescent and young adult (AYA)
malignancies, defined as a diagnosis of cancer between the ages of 15 and 39. In the …

Breast cancer in adolescent and young adult women under the age of 40 years

EJ Cathcart-Rake, KJ Ruddy, A Bleyer… - JCO oncology …, 2021 - ascopubs.org
In the United States, one in 196 women is diagnosed with breast cancer under the age of 40
years. Adolescents and young adults (AYAs), of age 15-39 years at diagnosis, experience a …

Breast cancer in adolescent and young adult women

H Gewefel, B Salhia - Clinical breast cancer, 2014 - Elsevier
Breast cancer is one of the most frequently diagnosed malignancy among adolescent and
young adult (AYA) women, accounting for approximately 14% of all AYA cancer diagnoses …

[HTML][HTML] What is known about breast cancer in young women?

JW Zhu, P Charkhchi, S Adekunte, MR Akbari - Cancers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Breast cancer is the most common cancer affecting women under 40 years
of age worldwide, with an increasing number of cases diagnosed each year. Despite this …

Breast cancer in adolescents and young women

C Shannon, IE Smith - European Journal of cancer, 2003 - Elsevier
Breast cancer is very rare in adolescents and very young women. Less than 1% of all breast
cancer cases occur before the age of 30 years (Natl Cancer Inst Monogr 16 (1994) 69) …

Epidemiology of breast cancer in young women

BC Yankaskas - Breast disease, 2006 - content.iospress.com
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 …

[HTML][HTML] Breast cancer in young women

CA Gabriel, SM Domchek - Breast cancer research, 2010 - Springer
Although uncommon, breast cancer in young women is worthy of special attention due to the
unique and complex issues that are raised. This article reviews specific challenges …

Management of breast cancer in very young women

SM Rosenberg, AH Partridge - The Breast, 2015 - Elsevier
Breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths in women age 40 and younger
in developed countries, and although generally improving, survival rates for young women …

[HTML][HTML] Breast cancer in young women: poor survival despite intensive treatment

H Fredholm, S Eaker, J Frisell, L Holmberg… - PloS one, 2009 - journals.plos.org
Background Breast cancer is uncommon in young women and correlates with a less
favourable prognosis; still it is the most frequent cancer in women under 40, accounting for …