Breast cancer deaths have dropped dramatically since 1989, averting more than 517,900 probable deaths. However, younger women are increasingly diagnosed with the disease, a worrying finding that mirrors a rise in colorectal and pancreatic cancers. The reasons for this increase remain unknown.

I’ve linked to the news release in the post above. In this comment, for those interested, here’s the link to the peer reviewed journal article:

https://acsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.3322/caac.21863

From the linked article:

A new report from the American Cancer Society (ACS) finds that breast cancer deaths have dropped dramatically since 1989, averting more than 517,900 probable deaths.

However, the report also reveals younger women are increasingly diagnosed with the disease, a worrying finding that mirrors a rise in colorectal and pancreatic cancers.

“The reasons for this increase remain unknown,” a group of researchers from Harvard, Washington University and Japan recently wrote in the journal Nature.

“But plausible hypotheses include greater exposure to potential risk factors, such as a western-style diet, obesity, physical inactivity and antibiotic use, especially during the early prenatal to adolescent periods of life.”

Are more young women developing breast cancer? Or are more young women getting checked and being diagnosed early? Or have our screening and diagnostic methods improved in accuracy?

Eating poor quality food and not moving can’t be good.