How young can you get breast cancer?
While it’s true that your breast cancer risk increases as you get older, in recent years, we’ve seen an increase in breast cancer diagnoses in women younger than 50. Statistics from the American Cancer Society show that from 2012 through 2021, new breast cancer diagnoses in women younger than 50 increased at a faster rate than in women older than 50.Â
Here, I’ll provide insights as to why we may be seeing this increase, breast...
