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March 11, 2013

Title: Younger Women and Breast Cancer
Topic: Breast Cancer and Younger Women

Discussed by Dr. Jane Orient
with Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (www.aapsonline.org)

Part 1 of 2

Breast cancer used to be a disease of older women but is rising at an alarming rate in younger women age 25-39. The Feb 27 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) reports a near doubling in the rate of metastatic breast cancer in women age 25-39 between 1967 and 2009.

These days, young mothers of small children are facing mutilating surgery, debilitating chemotherapy, and even death. Yet, there has been no corresponding increase in older women.

What is causing this increase?

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Title: Part 2 of 2
Topic: Breast Cancer and Younger Women

Discussed by Dr. Jane Orient
with Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (www.aapsonline.org)

Dr. Jane Orient continues discussing the near doubling of the rate of metastatic breast cancer in women age 25-39.

Why the upswing in such aggressive breast cancer in young women? Dr. Orient simply and briefly describes the changes in a woman’s body from the beginning of her first pregnancy to full-term delivery.

Please share these segments with your daughter. It could be life-saving! And share with others - their lives depend on knowing the truths shared by Dr. Orient.

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