FOX Business' Gerri Willis has the latest on the economic toll cancer poses to families on 'The Story.' Breast cancer patients and survivors are speaking out on how the treatment landscape is setting them up to not just survive, but thrive. A recent report from the American Cancer Society (ACS) shows that although cases are still rising — particularly among younger women and groups such as Asian-Americans and Pacific Islanders — mortality rates are dropping.
Since 1989, the rate of breast cancer deaths has declined 44%. BREAST CANCER PATIENT SAYS NEW TYPE OF CHEMO SAVED HER LIFE: ‘I AM THRIVING’ Younger women under 50 saw a 1.4% increased rate of breast cancer year over year, while the latter groups faced 2-1⁄2 times the number of diagnoses, the report revealed.
Breast cancer patients and survivors are speaking out on how the treatment landscape is setting them up to not just survive, but thrive. (iStock) The rise of breast cancer diagnoses is partly due to an uptick in risk factors, such as obesity and exposures to alcohol and ultra-processed foods , according to Karen Knudsen, CEO of the American Cancer Society in Pennsylvania. "I'M A RADIOLOGIST - TO REDUCE BREAST CANCER RISK, EAT THESE 5 FOODS AND FOLLOW THESE HEALTHY HABITS It’s not all bad news, she told Fox News, as a "survivor tsunami" is on the horizon.
"We have almost 19 million cancer survivors now in the United States," Knudsen said. "And with the new advances in cancer treatment, we're going to see ev.
