Despite advancements in detection and treatment, breast cancer remains the leading cause of cancer deaths among Black women. According to the American Cancer Society, Black women are 41% more likely to die from breast cancer than White women.

Breast cancer rates are rising in the U.S., particularly for younger women. In South Carolina this year alone, nearly 6,000 women will get it and 780 will die.

Since 2000, breast cancer among AAPI women under 50 has increased by 50%, more than 2% every year since 2012, according to a new report from the American Cancer Society.

Data collected from UCHealth researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus show breast cancer rates are increasing among younger women. That's why doctors are urging women who may be at high risk to schedule a screening.

Breast cancer rates are rising in the U.S., especially among younger women, despite the overall decline in breast cancer death rates by 44% since 1989. Breast cancer incidences increased by 1% each year from 2012 to 2021,