Although breast cancer deaths have been declining for decades in the U.S., diagnoses have been on the uptick among women 50 and younger, according to a new report from the American Cancer Society.

Breast cancer rates are rising sharply in the United States, driven by increases among younger women and Asian Americans, a study said Tuesday. The biennial report by the American Cancer Society found the number of cases grew by one percent each year from 2012 to 2021, even as the overall…

Even as breast cancer mortality falls, breast cancer diagnoses are rising, especially among younger women and Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.

The early-onset colon cancer epidemic has gripped the nation in recent years. But doctors are warning about the rise of another form of the disease in young people.

Death rates are declining among U.S. women with breast cancer. But the disease is turning up more often in women under age 50.

The vast majority of breast cancer cases still occur among older women. But the new study is one of several documenting a troubling uptick among younger Americans.