A new report from the American Cancer Society reveals a stark rise in breast cancer incidence among Asian American and Pacific Islander women under 50. The rate has increased by 50% since 2000, surpassing that of other racial groups. Factors like dense breast tissue, genetics, and cultural shifts may contribute to this concerning trend.
Chien-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. Soon after the mammogram, Huang said she felt a lump under her armpit and began experiencing flu-like symptoms. Four months later, she was diagnosed with triple-negative breast cancer , one of the most aggressive forms of the disease.
Women from higher socioeconomic classes, Gomez said, tend to have “more risk factors for breast cancer, especially as they are coming from Asia, where we have been seeing very rapidly increasing rates of breast cancer.” Since Asian Americans are such a heterogeneous group, Chew said, incidence and mortality rates vary widely among different ethnic groups. Korean, Chinese, Filipina and South Asian American women face the highest risk of breast cancer.
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