Of Breast Cancer Diagnoses in 2015, One in Five Were Women under 50

The American Cancer Society just released their 2015-2016 Breast Cancer Facts & Figures report where they estimate in 2015, 231,840 women were diagnosed with invasive breast cancer and of that, 46,350 (20 percent) were diagnosed under the age of 50. The American Cancer Society cites in their 2015-2016 Breast Cancer Facts & Figures report, “Mammography is the single most effective method of early detection since it can often identify cancer several years before physical symptoms develop.” The American Cancer Society also states that the decrease in breast cancer-related deaths over the past two decades is almost entirely attributed to mammography detection.

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