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What age of women is breast cancer more comon?what age is at high risk?thank you...
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More common with age: The incidence of breast cancer rises from about 100 per 100, 000 at age 40 to about 500 per 100.000 at age 75 then declines slightly after that. Cumulative risk is about 1 in 6 for cancer and 1 in 8 for invasive cancer.
Answered 1/15/2013
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Demographics breast : The cancer is most common between ages 60-70. It is considered high risk if it shows at a young age group that's between 25-50. There are various other tumor characteristics we take into account for risk stratification besides age such as grade, nodal status, oncotype score, er/pr/her2 status, lvi, pni, ki67 index and family history is very imp which defines the risk of carrying brca mutations.
Answered 5/6/2014
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Risk increases: Your risk for breast cancer increases with age.
Answered 4/8/2013
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