From Taiwanese singer Ah Sang to Lin Xiaoxu Chen to Yao Beina, who has recently attracted widespread attention, the young ones have all suffered from a common killer – breast cancer. Data show that breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer death among young women, accounting for about 23% of cancer deaths among women aged 20 to 39. For the sake of the continuation of the species, all of us will die. Death, originally, is a part of life. If the young person also happens to be a beautiful woman of some fame, it is easier for people to feel jealous of the redness of the world. We know that the first prerequisite to improve the survival rate of breast cancer is early detection, if the detection is late, even the most brilliant doctors can’t help and it is difficult to rewrite the bad outcome. According to the recommendations of the Chinese Anti-Cancer Association Guidelines and Norms for Breast Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment (2013 Edition), “the role of mammography in reducing breast cancer mortality in women over 40 years of age has been recognized by most scholars abroad …… while breast screening is not recommended for non-high-risk groups between 20 and 39 years of age”. Why is breast screening not recommended for younger women (20-39 years of age)? The role of x-ray screening in reducing breast cancer mortality in women over 40 years of age has also been well documented. However, the problem is that the incidence of breast cancer in young women is inherently low (according to US epidemiological data, the number of breast cancer cases in women under 35 years of age was only 1.8% in 2008), and the breast tissue is relatively dense, so that X-rays do not penetrate this part of the tissue well enough to make a diagnosis and identification, and the breast tissue is easily damaged by radiation, therefore, breast screening in the young population Therefore, it is more difficult to detect breast cancer early in young women. In addition to the problems of early diagnosis, the treatment of breast cancer is also worth discussing. Although the treatment of breast cancer is gradually improving and the public is becoming aware that breast cancer is not that scary. However, when it comes to specific treatments, such as whether to keep the breast or not, and if the breast is kept, the subsequent comprehensive treatment and follow-up, there is still a lot of room for discussion. Understandably, younger women often have a stronger desire to keep their breasts, so post-operative comprehensive treatment measures and long-term follow-up must be kept up (according to an interview with Dr. Yingming Cao, the chief surgeon of Beiqing Daily Vice, Yao did not review her on time because she was busy). In addition, a more aggressive type of breast cancer with a higher recurrence rate, triple negative breast cancer, also occurs in young women. Lack of controllable means of prevention It is certainly true that prevention is better than cure, but there are actually not too many controllable factors. According to the World Health Organization, a healthy diet, increasing physical activity and controlling alcohol consumption (my personal advice to my closer female friends is: don’t drink a drop of alcohol, if anyone persuades you to drink at the table, just say you are allergic to alcohol, I was once admitted to ICU due to anaphylaxis and was easily resuscitated, see who dares to persuade), avoiding excess weight and obesity can eventually have an impact and reduce the incidence of breast cancer in the long run. The cliché of smoking or even passive smoking is also associated with the occurrence of breast cancer. Some studies have shown that the risk of breast cancer in women who are passive smokers is 1.94 times higher than in women who are not passive smokers, would anyone think that 1.94 times the risk doesn’t seem to be that high? But when you compare the risk of breast cancer in women with a history of miscarriage to that of women without a history of miscarriage, which is 2.04 times higher than the risk of miscarriage in women with a history of miscarriage, can you still tolerate people smoking near you when you think of the increased risk caused by passive smoking? There are many studies on the relationship between birth control pills and breast cancer, some with completely opposite conclusions, so most scholars believe it is controversial whether short-acting oral contraceptives increase the risk of breast cancer. According to the World Health Organization, both hormone replacement therapy and oral contraceptives are sources of estrogen, which is a risk factor for breast cancer. However, due to the other advantages of short-acting oral contraceptives, the evidence is still evolving and young women still need to weigh the options before choosing an appropriate form of contraception. It is important to note that even if you avoid all the currently known risks, you can only reduce the probability of developing breast cancer to a certain extent, but you cannot guarantee absolute safety. Therefore, if you are unfortunate enough to encounter breast cancer, you must decisively turn to the hospital for standardized treatment. However, in China, some of the so-called formal medical institutions often involve Chinese medicine in the comprehensive treatment of breast cancer (for example, Yao Bei Na mentioned on her Weibo that she had been taking Chinese medicine for a year and a half), but the current evidence shows that all complementary and alternative medical treatments, including Chinese medicine, cannot benefit breast cancer patients and have certain treatment risks. If this is the case, why spend such wasted money on such unhelpful and potentially harmful attempts?