beyond pink team
  • Home
  • About Us
    • Who We Are
    • Our Board
    • Annual Report
    • Contact Us
  • Support
    • Physical
    • Emotional
    • Community
    • Financial
    • Caregiver
    • Online
  • Education
    • Newsletter
    • Ignite the Cancer Conversation
    • Quality Care
    • Resources
    • Request Speaker
    • The Cancer Journey
  • Advocacy
    • What is Advocacy
    • National Breast Cancer Coalition
    • Iowa Stop Breast Cancer
    • Research
    • Influencing Policy
    • Access to Care
  • Join Us
    • Be an Advocate
    • Volunteer
    • Events >
      • 16th Annual Pink Ribbon Run
    • Membership
    • Donate to BPT
    • Follow Us
 If you are Breast Cancer Survivor and  you would like to contribute your story to our Newsletter, 
​please send us a message here.
DOWNLOAD Current NewsletteR

Categories

All
Advocacy
Bone Health
Breast Density
Breast Disease
Caregivers
COVID 19
COVID-19
Emotional Support
Environment
Exercise
Fatigue
Financial
Gender
Genetic Testing
Grief
High Risk
Hormone Replacement Therapy
Ignite
Implants
Intimacy After Cancer
LGBTQ
Lymphedema
Mammography
Meditation
Men
Mental Health
Metastasis
MRI
NBCC
Nutrition
Obesity
Pain
Pregnancy
Prevention
Radiation
Reconstruction
Reduce Risk
Rehabilitation
Screening
Sex
Side Effects
Support Groups
Surgery
Survivor
Survivorship
Treatment
Vaccine
Yoga
Young Women

Archives

January 2023
October 2022
July 2022
April 2022
January 2022
October 2021
July 2021
April 2021
January 2021
October 2020
July 2020
April 2020
January 2020
October 2019
July 2019
April 2019
January 2019
October 2018
July 2018
April 2018
January 2018
October 2017
July 2017
April 2017
January 2017
October 2016
July 2016
April 2016
January 2016
October 2015
July 2015
April 2015
January 2015
October 2014
July 2014
April 2014
January 2014
October 2013
July 2013
April 2013
January 2013
October 2012
July 2012
April 2012
January 2012
October 2011
July 2011
April 2011
January 2011
October 2010
July 2010
April 2010
January 2010
October 2009
July 2009
April 2009
January 2009
October 2008
July 2008
April 2008
January 2008
October 2007
July 2007
April 2007
January 2007
October 2006
July 2006
April 2006
January 2006
October 2005
July 2005
April 2005
January 2005
October 2004
July 2004
April 2004
January 2004

“BUT I’M TOO YOUNG FOR BREAST CANCER!”

7/1/2006

0 Comments

 
Excerpts from Fighting for Our Future

If you’re like most young women, these may have been your first words upon hearing of your diagnosis. The perception that young women can’t and don’t get breast cancer often leads to an initial misdiagnosis. The average age for a woman diagnosed with breast cancer is 64. Breast cancer is shocking at any age, but if you are under 40, it helps to realize how many women there are out there who are just like you.

There are more than 250,000 women in the United States age 40 and younger diagnosed with breast cancer. Sadly, this year another 10,500 women in this age group will be diagnosed. If you’re in your thirties, your chances of getting breast cancer are 1 in 249. If you are in your twenties, the risk is 1 in 2044.

It’s not surprising that doctors discount the possibility of breast cancer in young women. If you are like most young women with breast cancer, you may already have discovered a rather disheartening fact: Virtually all of the information on the disease that is readily available is geared to older women.

​After all, women aged 40 and under make up about 5 percent of the total number of U.S. women with breast cancer. It makes sense that doctors would be more familiar with the needs and concerns of the other 95 percent. You can understand, too, why most of the pamphlets, brochures, and books on coping with cancer assume that you’re in a decades-old marriage, that your children are grown, and that you’re at the peak of your career if not actually approaching retirement, instead of being a woman in your twenties or thirties just getting started with your life.

Some of the urgent questions the young woman with breast cancer may have are:
 How do I get the emotional support I need from my friends and family?
 How has breast cancer affected my sexual/dating life?
 What about the effects of pregnancy on breast cancer?
 How do I continue to raise my children?  How do I manage at work?
 What effects will chemotherapy, radiation, and tamoxifen have on my fertility?
 Will I undergo premature menopause-and if so, what can I expect?
 What kinds of alternative and complementary treatments have been shown to be effective?
 How can I cope with recurrence (the return of cancer) or metastasis (the spread of cancer to other parts of the body)?

​In the book, Fighting for Our Future, you can find how many young women living with breast cancer have dealt with these issues. For a free copy, visit the Young Survival Coalition’s website at www.youngsurvival.org.

​
Read Full Newsletter
0 Comments

CONTACT US

Beyond Pink TEAM
c/o Jeanne Olson, Treasurer
1407 Asbury Lane
Waterloo, IA 50701
​beyondpinkteam@gmail.com
(319) 239-3706
©2020 Beyond Pink TEAM
  • Home
  • About Us
    • Who We Are
    • Our Board
    • Annual Report
    • Contact Us
  • Support
    • Physical
    • Emotional
    • Community
    • Financial
    • Caregiver
    • Online
  • Education
    • Newsletter
    • Ignite the Cancer Conversation
    • Quality Care
    • Resources
    • Request Speaker
    • The Cancer Journey
  • Advocacy
    • What is Advocacy
    • National Breast Cancer Coalition
    • Iowa Stop Breast Cancer
    • Research
    • Influencing Policy
    • Access to Care
  • Join Us
    • Be an Advocate
    • Volunteer
    • Events >
      • 16th Annual Pink Ribbon Run
    • Membership
    • Donate to BPT
    • Follow Us