Breast cancer cases are growing at an exponential rate. A report by Lancet Breast Cancer Commission has found, the ailment will cause a million deaths by 2040. All over the world, breast cancer cases will go up from 2.3 million in 2020 to more than 3 million by 2040, with low- and middle-income countries being "disproportionately affected", the commission estimated. One of the most common cancers in Indian women, breast cancer is developed when the cells in the organ grow abnormally and rapidly divide forming a lump.
Breast cancer in younger women before the age of 40 has been of particular concern. They are more likely to have a more aggressive type of cancer which grows rapidly with larger tumor size, advanced tumor stage, negative hormone receptor status, and an overexpression of the HER2 protein, as per Breast Cancer Research Foundation.
