| Although many people believe that young
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| | studies. The drug Tamoxifen is an
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| women don't get breast cancer, the fact
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| | example of a drug which affects
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| is they can and they do. One in every
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| | post-menopausal women differently than
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| 229 women between the ages of 30 and 39
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| | pre-menopausal women, so younger women
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| will be diagnosed with breast cancer
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| | who are prescribed this drug as treatment
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| within the next 10 years.The statistics
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| | need to do careful research on their own
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| that surround younger women and breast
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| | to make sure that the benefits outweigh
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| cancer are frightening. Although only a
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| | the risks of the drug.An additional area
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| small percentage of all new breast cancer
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| | of concern for younger women who have
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| cases each year involve women aged 40 and
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| | breast cancer include issues such as
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| younger, breast cancer is still the
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| | early onset on menopause and fertility
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| leading cause of death for women between
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| | issues. Many young women who are
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| the ages of 15 and 54. The number of
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| | diagnosed with breast cancer have not yet
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| young women diagnosed each year with
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| | begun a family. One of the side effects
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| breast cancer is between 11-12,000.
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| | of chemotherapy and/or hormonal therapies
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| Close to 1400 of those women will die
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| | can be irreversible menopause.
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| each year. A lot of young women and
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| | Tamoxifen is a drug that can affect
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| their doctors do not realize that they
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| | fertility, so again, younger women will
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| too are at risk for this disease.One of
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| | need to research their choices carefully
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| the problems with detection of breast
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| | if they plan to have children or start a
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| cancer in younger women is that a
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| | family in the future. One of the newer
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| mammogram is not an effective screening
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| | treatments for women with hormone
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| tool for women under 40. Younger women
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| | receptive breast cancer has only been
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| tend to have dense breast tissue and that
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| | shown to be effective with
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| prevents tumors or areas of
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| | post-menopausal women, so a treatment
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| calcifications to be seen in the film.
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| | option that younger women will have to
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| Because of the lack of screening tools,
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| | make in the future is if they want to
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| younger women are often diagnosed at a
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| | take tamoxifen OR shut down or remove
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| later stage in the disease than their
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| | their ovaries to bring on early menopause
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| older counterparts. In addition, young
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| | to benefit from a more effective
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| women's cancers are generally more
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| | treatment.The final issue that young
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| aggressive and have lower rates of
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| | women with breast cancer face is the
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| survival. The survival rate for 5 years
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| | isolation they sometimes feel - brought
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| is 83% for younger women - lower than the
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| | about by being the youngest in their
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| survival rate for post-menopausal
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| | support group and having to deal with
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| women.Another issue that impacts younger
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| | different issues than their older
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| women who have breast cancer is that most
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| | counterparts. One organization which
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| research is done on breast cancer
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| | helps provide a network for young breast
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| patients who are over the age of 40 or
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| | cancer survivors is the Young Survival
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| post-menopausal. Younger women are an
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| | Coalition.Remember - no woman is too
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| underrepresented population in research
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| | young to have Breast Cancer.
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