Susan G. Komen® Urges All Women to Know Their Breast Cancer Risk and Take Action; New Data Confirms Disease Affects More Young Women

DALLAS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Susan G. Komen®, the world’s leading breast cancer organization, today responded to new data showing younger women are being diagnosed with breast cancer at higher rates than before. New statistics from American Cancer Society show a 1% increase in breast cancer diagnoses from 2012 to 2021, and a larger increase of 1.4% of breast cancer in women under 50, than a 0.7% increase in women 50 and older. The statistics also show women in their 20s experienced around a 2.2% in