Dr. Veda Giri on What Makes Early Onset Cancer Different from Other Types of Cancer
July 24, 2024Information
Why is early onset breast cancer more aggressive and harder to treat, and on the rise now?
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- 00:01This is a really active
- 00:02area of research and could
- 00:04be due to many different
- 00:05factors linked with, some of
- 00:07these statistics that we see
- 00:08for early onset breast cancer.
- 00:10Some of the factors could
- 00:11be biologic reasons for why
- 00:12these cancers could be more
- 00:14aggressive,
- 00:15as well as genetic factors
- 00:16that could be driving the
- 00:18development of these more aggressive
- 00:20cancers.
- 00:21I think one of the
- 00:22biggest factors is screening impacting,
- 00:24the more aggressive nature of
- 00:26these cancers or perhaps more
- 00:27late stage identification
- 00:29of these cancers.
- 00:30We know that, it's really
- 00:32important to adhere to breast
- 00:33cancer screening guidelines in the
- 00:35population to catch these cancers
- 00:36when they're early and curable
- 00:39and treatable.
- 00:40And what we noticed in
- 00:41the COVID nineteen pandemic is
- 00:43that screening rates were not
- 00:45able to be adhered to
- 00:46because of the pandemic going
- 00:47on. And so one of
- 00:49the biggest things to keep
- 00:50in mind is have the
- 00:51screening done, at the right
- 00:53time. And some of the
- 00:54factors that influence that could
- 00:55be,
- 00:56knowledge of family history. So
- 00:58breast cancer screening might need
- 00:59to start at a younger
- 01:00age if there's a family
- 01:02history of breast cancer. And
- 01:03therefore, if screening isn't started,
- 01:05at the right time, these
- 01:07cancers that are detected could
- 01:08be detected at a later
- 01:10stage and could be more
- 01:11aggressive.
- 01:12I think it really points
- 01:13to the need to emphasize
- 01:14public awareness about the need
- 01:16for breast cancer screening and
- 01:17knowledge of family history and
- 01:19then more research that is
- 01:20needed to get some insights
- 01:21about the aggressiveness of these
- 01:23cancers.