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Little published research addresses breast cancer in very young women. In a retrospective case series, investigators assessed diagnostic approaches, incidence, and outcomes in girls and women younger than 25 who received primary breast cancer diagnoses at Mayo Clinic between 1935 and 2005.
Breast cancer was diagnosed in 12 women (age range, 18–24). Of 11 women with available clinical presentations and histories, 8 had self-detected breast masses, 1 noted bloody nipple discharge associated with constitutional symptoms, 1 had symptoms associated with disseminated malignancy, and 1 had an asymptomatic breast mass detected by a physician. Mean time between presentation and biopsy was 1.1 months (range, 0–16 months). Two women had strong family h…