Monique Gary, DO, MSc, FACS

Primary care physicians cannot afford to dismiss younger people who present with symptoms of cancer in the face of increasing cancer incidence, according to Monique Gary, DO, MSc, FACS.

Clinicians should not dismiss the concerns of younger patients who suspect they may have breast cancer, especially amid an increase in early-onset disease according to Monique Gary, DO, MSc, FACS.

Accommodating supportive therapies such as fertility and hair follicle preservation may help increase trial recruitment among younger patients with breast cancer, according to Monique Gary, DO, MSc, FACS.

Rates of obesity appear to correlate with increasing incidence of cancer in young populations, according to Monique Gary, DO, MSc, FACS.

Data from a study highlight that the breast cancer makes up the highest number of early-onset disease cases compared with other cancer types from 2010 to 2019, although overall cancer morality appears to have decreased.