What Young Adults Need to Know About Breast Cancer
Melissa Chefec
By Alyssa Hui, Oct 19, 2022
Constance Chen, MD, FACS, a board-certified plastic surgeon and breast reconstruction specialist, told Verywell that while the number of cases of breast cancer in younger adults is low compared to in other age groups, there is an increased incidence of breast cancer in premenopausal women. In part, Chen said that rising cases of breast cancer in young people could be related to factors like “increased alcohol consumption or having fewer children and having children later in life, which can affect hormones and breast cancer incidence.”
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