Breast cancer risk rising among women under 50, though overall deaths drop, report finds
The incidence of breast cancer among women younger than 50 has gone up an average of 1.4% a year from 2012 to 2021, according to the report. And for Asian American/Pacific Islander women — who traditionally have had much lower rates of breast cancer than other groups — the incidence among this age group has jumped by 50% since 2000.