BOSTON - More and more women under 40 are being diagnosed with breast cancer and a Boston doctor is sharing the possible reasons why this number keeps going up. Hallie Goldstein has a history of cysts ...

Women have a 12.9% — or about 1 in 8 — chance of contracting breast cancer during their lifetime, according to the National Cancer Institute. While breast cancer risk increases with age, a 2024 ...

Despite huge leaps in breast cancer treatment over the last two decades, diagnoses of the disease continue to increase, and at a faster annual rate of late, 1.7%, among younger women. That translates ...

Aggressive forms of breast cancer may be striking younger women far more often than previously believed, challenging long-held assumptions about who is most at risk. Emerging evidence suggests that ...

Overall, the research highlights the importance of prevention and awareness. Reducing exposure to harmful substances, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Clockwise from the right: Breast cancer survivors Ify Nwabukwu, Lyndsay Levingston and Jacqueline Beale. (Photos courtesy of Ify ...