Politicians, Medical Experts and Advocates Meet on Capitol Hill for Solutions to Rising Breast Cancer Rates in Young Women

Washington, D.C. (September 2, 2011) -- The rates of breast cancer among women under the age of 40 have increased significantly over the last two decades. Younger women typically face greater challenges with this disease than women over 50, partly because early diagnosis is less common among younger women and most cases among this population are not detected until the cancer has progressed to a more advanced stage. Even more troubling, young women with breast cancer often have a much more aggressive form of the disease to begin with, and tragically, the survival rates are statistically