title: Breast cancer in young women.
abstract: This eighth article in our series on breast disease focuses on breast cancer in young women. There are several challenges in the diagnosis of breast cancer in young women, and special consideration must be given to the woman's fertility and body image issues. The difficulty in distinguishing benign from malignant lesions on clinical and imaging assessment in this group stresses the importance of the triple test of clinical examination, mammography or ultrasound, and biopsy.
authors.affiliation: NSW Breast Cancer Institute, Westmead Hospital, New South Wales.
authors.forename: Meagan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Brennan
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: French
authors.forename: Nehmet
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Houssami
authors.forename: Judy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kirk
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Boyages
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000465:Algorithms; D001828:Body Image; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005298:Fertility; D006801:Humans; D008327:Mammography; D008594:Menopause, Premature; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011247:Pregnancy; D011252:Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic; D012307:Risk Factors; D016217:Ultrasonography, Mammary