2023-07-30 10:49:00
Faced with breast cancer, which is constantly on the rise, screening remains essential. – Credit:ROMAIN DOUCELIN / Hans Lucas / Hans Lucas via AFP
Like the influencer Caroline Receveur, who confided on July 25 to be reached breast cancermore and more young women seem to be affected by this disease. According to figures from the National Cancer Institute, women under the age of 40 represent 5% of patients, but above all 3,000 new cases per year. However, according to Florence Coussy, breast cancer specialist at the Institut Curie interviewed by BFM TVthe phenomenon of rising cancers is not “specific to young women”, but affects the entire population.
For good reason, in 2023, 61,000 new cases were diagnosed, figures already higher than those of 2013, when 58,000 new cases were recorded. This increase is due to several factors. First of all, although it does affect young women, breast cancer is much more common among older people. Nearly 80% of cancers are born following 50 years and the average age of sick people is around 63 years.
Lifestyles challenged
But many other factors favor the development of this cancer. First of all, family history, particularly in young women (where the predisposition to cancer increases from 5 to 10%), but also obesity (10% of breast cancers are due to massive overweight), lack of physical activity or alcohol. Finally, having your period late, early menopause or any other prolonged exposure to hormones […] Read more
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