Breast Cancer Among Young Women Almost Doubled From 1976 To 2009
By Monte Morin, Los Angeles Times February 26, 2013 Rebecca Johnson was 27 years old and had just graduated from medical school when she got the diagnosis: breast cancer. She thought she was a rare case, but then a few of her friends got it too. So did some friends of friends. Was it all just a coincidence, or was breast cancer becoming more common in younger women? “I really wondered,” said Johnson, now 44 and the director of the…