If so, would our advice here need to change? Usually there are a ton of teenagers concerned about their breasts and the possibility of them having breast cancer. Those of us on here for a long time have usually said it was something else, or that they were too young to be concerned about such a terrible disease. Do we need to change our advice? It does not seem right that a girl so young should be diagnosed with breast cancer....agree?
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yes a ten year old girl was diagnosed with breast cancer, however, it was an EXTREMELY RARE form of breast cancer. 99.99% of young girls are never going to have to worry about this.
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Agree! My best to this child.
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It's not right that she should be diagnosed with it, which is why it's big news. It's very, very rare, in particular, because this is an "adult" form of breast cancer. IMO, our advice shouldn't change. First of all, the chances of someone else getting this are beyond rare. Second, the best thing we can do is have regular breast exams, and that would have been my advice before I heard this tragic news story.
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It was not an "adult" form of cancer that this little girl got, but secretory cancer, which is uncommon but more likely to occur in children. The initial report was that it was invasive, but this was later corrected after tests were completed. It is still a one in a million chance for someone under 20 to get breast cancer. I would not change my advice to children.
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I too am not going to change the advice I give to girls worried that they have breast cancer. This case made headlines worldwide because of its EXTREME rarity. So long as we always recommend that girls who are concerned talk to their mothers or to their school nurse, we should continue to point out that someone under the age of 20 has more chance of being struck by lightning than of developing breast cancer, and that fewer than 0.1% of all those diagnosed with breast cancer are under 30 and only 5% under 40. We HAVE to counter the 'advice' from those who know nothing about breast cancer but come on here to say 'you can get breast cancer at any age' etc. And the best way to counter it is with facts and statistics. Otherwise the dozens of young girls who post on here every week, terrified by normal hormonal development, will have nobody to calm them down and explain how exteremely unlikely it is that their 'symptoms' are anything sinister
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Hi dave hope you ane wife are well this is the trouble with geting medical advice from peolpe on answers my advise to any one worred is go see a doctor not at your age you cant have it take care
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