Under 40 Statistics

Hi -- You should check youngsurvival.org. It is an organization that focuses on young women under 40 with breast cancer and they have all stats on there. I believe 11,000 per year under 40 last I heard but there is much more information on that site. I was 30 at diagnoses and just about 35 when I got bone mets.

Teresa

It's youngsurvivaL.org. you typed youngsurvivorS.org. Below is the information from their statistics page. They also have active message boards with all young women or those diagnosed young.


Statistics

Despite the prevailing opinion that young women don't get breast cancer, the reality is that they can and they do. In fact, one in every 229 women between the ages of 30 and 39 will be diagnosed with breast cancer within the next 10 years(1). Following are some additional startling facts about breast cancer in young women:

Breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in young women ages 15-54 (2).
More than 11,100 women under age 40 will be diagnosed with breast cancer this year, and more than 1,100 will die(3).
There are more than 250,000 women living in the United States today who were age 40 or under when they were diagnosed with breast cancer(4).
Young women's cancers are generally more aggressive and result in lower survival rates.
The five-year survival rate for young women with breast cancer is 82 percent, which is lower than their post-menopausal counterparts(5).
Young women with breast cancer struggle with many issues that their post-menopausal counterparts don't face, including: the possibility of early menopause, pregnancy after diagnosis, generally more advanced cancers at diagnosis, and higher mortality rates.
As the incidence of young women with breast cancer is much lower than in older women, young women are an underrepresented population in many research studies.
The need for more attention and studies on this underserved population is vital. The Young Survival Coalition is the only international non-profit organization dedicated to the concerns and issues unique to young women and breast cancer. Through action, advocacy and awareness, the YSC seeks to educate the medical, research, breast cancer and legislative communities and persuade them to address breast cancer in women 40 and under. Finally, the YSC serves as a point of contact for young women living with breast cancer.



1 NCI, SEER data updated 4/05

2 National Cancer Institute 2005 Fact Book

3 American Cancer Society, Breast Cancer Facts and Figures 2005-2006

4 Figure based on the 2000 US Census data

5 American Cancer Society, Breast Cancer Facts and Figures 2005-2006

6 American Cancer Society, Breast Cancer Facts and Figures 2005-2006

Did you try google to look for statistics?
or maybe ask your own doctor?
just some ideas.

ya know.. I'm rereading all this, and I thought the suggested site was really stupid, too. So I think I was at the wrong site as well. I couldn't have imagined why someone from this board would have sent me to that place LOL
I'm glad I'm not the only one with TYPO issues!!