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>>> Dr. JAY HARNESS: Breast cancer in younger women is not very common. As an example, I
am taking care of a 30-year-old right now with breast cancer and that is really unusual.
In my entire career the youngest patient I have ever seen or treated was 24. I have only
taken care of five to eight patients in their 20's in my entire 26-year career in this area.
As women get into the 30s it's a little more common, and then depending on how we define
'young' -- early 40s, again it becomes more common so the incidence goes up.
Again, the most common age group for breast cancer is as women get older and the incidence
certainly increases as women get into their 50s.
What's really important about this? This group of patients typically presents with a large
palpable lump. They are almost never diagnosed by any screening technique because screening
is not indicated until age 40.
The key factor here is genetic testing because the younger a patient is, presenting with
breast cancer, the greater their odds that they could be carrying a gene for breast cancer.
Younger women in my view really need to be in a multidisciplinary center and a multidisciplinary
team taking care of them.
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