breast

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Tamoxifen can substantially reduce breast cancer incidence in high-risk patients, but many eligible women do not take the drug because of concerns about side effects.

From Science Daily • Jun. 6, 2026

“Early onset breast cancer” — diagnosed before age 50 — “is going up the fastest among Asian Americans,” Gomez said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026

Researchers currently believe these combined effects may help suppress the development of breast cancer.

From Science Daily • Jun. 6, 2026

It comes as health experts see rising rates of lung cancer among Asian American women who have never smoked and increasing rates of early-onset breast cancer.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026

In humans, a mutant BRCA1 gene increases the risk for breast cancer—but not all women carrying the BRCA1 mutation develop cancer.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee