ICARE Social Media Post October 2019
Inherited Breast Cancer Among Latina Women
ICARE Social Media Post October 2019
Inherited Breast Cancer Among Latina Women
Latina women are at risk for inherited breast cancer:
Breast cancer mortality rates are higher among Latina women compared to non-Hispanic White women. Latina women also have a higher prevalence of triple-negative breast cancer when compared to with non-Hispanic White women.
Latina women are diagnosed with breast cancer at earlier ages, 56 years versus 63 years for non-Hispanic White women. They are also more likely to develop triple-negative breast cancer.
According to the NCCN guidelines, genetic testing for inherited breast cancer should be offered to:
1) ALL Latina women diagnosed with breast cancer at 45 or younger and/or
2) Latina women with a diagnosis of triple-negative breast cancer at £ 60 years.
Additional information can be found at Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention at https://cebp.aacrjournals.org/content/early/2019/10/02/1055-9965.EPI-19-0035.full-text.pdf!
