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Women of color and young women may face elevated risks of developing triple-negative breast cancers, a type of cancer that spreads more quickly than most other types and doesn’t respond well to hormone or targeted therapies,
Triple negative breast cancer is diagnosed when a woman’s pathology report indicates a negative result for all three (estrogen receptor, progesterone receptor and HER2‐neu).
About 10-15% of breast cancers are found to be triple negative.
TNBC is more aggressive than other forms of breast cancer, making it more likely to spread to other parts of the body and more likely to recur early after treatment.
Significant advancements have been made in the development. Triple negative breast cancer is typically treated with a combination of therapies such as surgery, radiation therapy, chemotherapy., and immunotherapy (Keytruda).

HPV (human papillomavirus) is the #1 cause of cervical cancer.
Most cervical cancer cases are preventable.
Only certain strains of HPV cause cancer.
HPV is a group of more than 150 related viruses. Most men and women who have ever had sex will get HPV at some time in their lives. And while there are strains that can cause cervical cancer and make it the top cause of the disease.
Smoking and other factors increase risk of cervical cancer.
There are warning signs, but not early warning signs.

Mammography is the process of using low-energy X-rays to examine the human breast for diagnosis and screening. The goal of mammography is the early detection of breast cancer, typically through detection of characteristic masses or microcalcifications.
Women ages 40 to 44 should have the choice to start annual breast cancer screening with mammograms (x-rays of the breast) if they wish to do so. Women 45 to 54 should get mammograms every year. Women 55 and older should switch to mammograms every 2 years or can continue yearly screening.

A breast cancer's type is determined by the specific cells in the breast that become cancer.
About 1 in 8 women will get breast cancer during her life.
Although breast cancer mostly occurs among older women, in rare cases breast cancer does affect women under the age of 45.
About 9% of all new cases of breast cancer in the United States are found in women younger than 45 years of age.