Breast cancer question???? Whats the youngest you can be to have breast cancer?!


Question: Breast cancer question!?!?!?!? Whats the youngest you can be to have breast cancer!?
Its not affecting me or anybody i know but i wuz just curious! Also can men get breast cancer!? thanx a bunch!Www@Answer-Health@Com


Answers:
Yes, men can get breast cancer but it is rare!. I saw only two men with breast cancer over 20 years as a cancer specialist doctor, and I saw many hundreds of women with breast cancer during that time!.

The American Cancer Society (ACS) recommends that all women 20 years of age or older should perform monthly breast self-examinations!.
http://www!.webmd!.com/breast-cancer/guide!.!.!. "Only 5% of all breast cancer cases occur in women under 40 years old!."

I have never seen a women below age 25 with breast cancer, but the case report below involves a 22 year old woman!.
From http://theoncologist!.alphamedpress!.org/c!.!.!.
"Breast cancer is quite rare in very young women!. It is a disease primarily of older women, with 75% of cases occurring in women over 50 years of age!. Only 6!.5% of cases occur in women under 40 years of age, and a mere 0!.6% of cases in women under 30 years of age!. Thus, in the U!.S!., only about 1,200 cases of breast cancer occur in women under 30 years of age each year!."Www@Answer-Health@Com





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