Women’s Health Research Melanie Custodio Women’s Health Research Melanie Custodio

The Rise in Young Women’s Breast Cancer and the Research Fighting Back

More young women are being diagnosed with breast cancer. At the same time, US breast cancer deaths have fallen 44% since 1989. The two numbers measure different things, and this post explains how. It also covers a UCL-led trial in which patients with low gene scores had similar outcomes on hormone therapy alone, AI tools that flagged early signs on mammograms taken years before diagnosis, and why studies still need more younger women.

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