KCTV: Early On-Set Breast Cancer and the Importance of Early Detection

While the mortality rate for breast cancer in the U.S. has significantly declined from its peak in 1989, incidence among younger women has steadily increased each year since 2001, according to the American Cancer Society. 

Mary Mitchell, MD, department chief of breast radiology at Saint Luke's Cancer Institute, joined KCTV to discuss this trend in early on-set breast cancer and the importance of early detection.