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  Speaker 1: What Young Women Should Know About Breast Cancer, written by
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  Speaker 1: Women's Week 2026. This article is being read by an
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  Speaker 1: automated voice brought to you by Everlit. A prevailing myth
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  Speaker 1: concerning breast cancer is that it only affects older women.
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  Speaker 1: Various medical organizations and institutions recommend women begin receiving mammograms
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  Speaker 1: starting at age 40, which may compel women younger than
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  Speaker 1: 40 to think that they are immune to breast cancer.
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  Speaker 1: Yale Medicine notes breast cancer in younger individuals is rare,
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  Speaker 1: but the organization reports it is the most common cancer
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  Speaker 1: among women between the ages of 15 and 39. In addition,
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  Speaker 1: a body of evidence points to a growing rate of
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  Speaker 1: breast cancer diagnoses in younger women. The Cleveland Clinic says
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  Speaker 1: breast cancer in young women and people assigned female at
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  Speaker 1: birth is known as early onset breast cancer. Even adolescents
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  Speaker 1: and young adults can get breast cancer. Although young people
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  Speaker 1: can get any form of breast cancer, invasive ductal carcinoma
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  Speaker 1: and triple negative breast cancer are the most common forms
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  Speaker 1: of the disease among young women. Diagnoses of breast cancer
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  Speaker 1: have steadily risen in women under age 50 over the
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  Speaker 1: last 20 years, says the Washington University School of Medicine
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  Speaker 1: in St. Louis. Researchers believe the surge is largely driven
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  Speaker 1: by increases in the number of women diagnosed with estrogen
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  Speaker 1: receptor positive tumors, which are cancerous tumors fueled by estrogen.
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  Speaker 1: The researchers also found higher rates of breast cancer among
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  Speaker 1: black women, particularly those between the ages of 20 and 29.
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  Speaker 1: Black women in this age group were found to have
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  Speaker 1: a 53% increased risk of breast cancer. The Breast Cancer
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  Speaker 1: Research Foundation says that breast cancers in women under age
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  Speaker 1: 40 are more likely to have features that contribute to
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  Speaker 1: poorer outcomes and prognosis. Larger tumor size, advanced tumor stage,
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  Speaker 1: negative hormone receptor status, and an overexpression of the HER2
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  Speaker 1: protein are some such features. The BCRF also reports younger
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  Speaker 1: women are more likely to experience a recurrence at 5
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  Speaker 1: and 10 years after therapy compared to older women. It
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  Speaker 1: is essential for younger women to be in tune with
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  Speaker 1: their bodies and learn to recognize any signs that may
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  Speaker 1: be indicative of breast cancer. Since annual screenings are not
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  Speaker 1: often part of preventative health plans for women younger than 40,
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  Speaker 1: Adolescents and young adults need to alert their doctors if
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  Speaker 1: they suspect anything is wrong. Unfortunately, by the time a
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  Speaker 1: tumor in the breast can be felt, it likely has
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  Speaker 1: been present for some time already. Symptoms of breast cancer
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  Speaker 1: may include inverted nipple, breast lump or a lump in armpit,
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  Speaker 1: breast pain, changes in the skin of the breast, nipple
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  Speaker 1: discharge with or without pain, swollen lymph nodes. Any of
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  Speaker 1: these signs should be discussed with a primary care physician
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  Speaker 1: or a gynecologist. Younger patients also are more likely to
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  Speaker 1: have a genetic connection to breast cancer. Individuals with one
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  Speaker 1: or more family members who were diagnosed with breast cancer
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  Speaker 1: are at higher risk and may want to consider screening
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  Speaker 1: at earlier ages. Breast cancer is not a disease that
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  Speaker 1: only affects women 40 and older. Younger people can get
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  Speaker 1: breast cancer and it's often a surprise and sometimes more aggressive.
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