Breast cancer incidence among Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) women under 50 has increased by 50% since 2000, tying them with white women for the highest rates. Experts point to westernization, increased screenings, and denser breast tissue as potential contributing factors.
AAPI women under 50 are now tied with white women for the highest breast cancer rates. Experts point to westernization, increased screenings and moreChien-Chi Huang was 40 when she requested her first mammogram at the hospital, shortly after her aunt died from breast cancer . The radiologist didn’t detect a tumor because she had dense breast tissue that can hide cancer on a mammogram.
AAPI women in this age cohort had the second-lowest rate of breast cancer among all racial groups in 2000. They now have the“Breast cancer is still more common the older we get, but it’s alarming to see younger women being diagnosed,” said Dr. Helen Chew, director of the clinical breast cancer program at UC Davis Health.
Late pregnancies may increase the risk of breast cancer because breast cells have more time to accumulate genetic damage as a woman ages, and hormonal changes during pregnancy can stimulate the growth of damaged cells. as likely to develop breast cancer than U.S.-born Asian women, a trend that Gomez said could be associated with the higher socioeconomic status and education level of more recent immigrants.
Socioeconomic status and education level, which vary widely between Asian Indians and Pacific Islanders or Southeast Asians, could explain these disparities in breast cancer incidence and mortality, Chew said. Gomez said it’s notable that the increase in breast cancer among younger Asian American women is evident across all stages of disease, an indication the trend is not entirely attributable to screenings. She and other researchers at UCSF are studying unique and emerging risk factors in Asian American women who may be predisposed to breast cancer.“We’re hypothesizing something related to stress, maybe due to living, work or discrimination,” Gomez said.
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