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Abstract

Preface

VOLUME 69 - NUMBER 2 / March - April (Editorial)

Cynthia Villarreal-Garza, Department of Research and Breast Tumors, Instituto Nacional de Cancerología (INCan), Mexico City; Breast Cancer Center, Hospital Zambrano Hellion, Tecnológico de Monterrey, San Pedro Garza García, Monterrey, N.L.; Joven & Fuerte: Program for the Care and Research of Young Women with Breast Cancer in Mexico, Mexico City;, Mexico
Andrea Castro-Sanchez, Joven & Fuerte: Program for the Care and Research of Young Women with Breast Cancer in Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico
Alfredo Ulloa-Aguirre, Editor-in-Chief, Revista de Investigación Clínica - Clinical and Translational Investigation-, Mexico City; Red de Apoyo a la Investigación, UNAM- INCMNSZ, Mexico City. Mexico

Breast cancer (BC) is the most frequently diagnosed malignancy in young women and is the leading cause of cancer-related mortality in this age group. This issue represents a major public health problem in developing countries, where the incidence of BC is rapidly increasing and where young women represent a higher proportion of the total BC patient population compared to developed countries. In Latin America, BC among women aged 40 years or less accounts for up to 11% of new BC cases and 7% of all BC deaths. In Mexico, a very high proportion of the total number of BC patients are diagnosed in their early years, reaching up to 15% in some healthcare institutions.
 

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