Dr. Veda Giri on What Makes Early Onset Cancer Different from Other Types of Cancer

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• 00:01This is a really active
• 00:02area of research and could
• 00:04be due to many different
• 00:05factors linked with, some of
• 00:07these statistics that we see
• 00:08for early onset breast cancer.
• 00:10Some of the factors could
• 00:11be biologic reasons for why
• 00:12these cancers could be more
• 00:14aggressive,
• 00:15as well as genetic factors
• 00:16that could be driving the
• 00:18development of these more aggressive
• 00:20cancers.
• 00:21I think one of the
• 00:22biggest factors is screening impacting,
• 00:24the more aggressive nature of
• 00:26these cancers or perhaps more
• 00:27late stage identification
• 00:29of these cancers.
• 00:30We know that, it's really
• 00:32important to adhere to breast
• 00:33cancer screening guidelines in the
• 00:35population to catch these cancers
• 00:36when they're early and curable
• 00:39and treatable.
• 00:40And what we noticed in
• 00:41the COVID nineteen pandemic is
• 00:43that screening rates were not
• 00:45able to be adhered to
• 00:46because of the pandemic going
• 00:47on. And so one of
• 00:49the biggest things to keep
• 00:50in mind is have the
• 00:51screening done, at the right
• 00:53time. And some of the
• 00:54factors that influence that could
• 00:55be,
• 00:56knowledge of family history. So
• 00:58breast cancer screening might need
• 00:59to start at a younger
• 01:00age if there's a family
• 01:02history of breast cancer. And
• 01:03therefore, if screening isn't started,
• 01:05at the right time, these
• 01:07cancers that are detected could
• 01:08be detected at a later
• 01:10stage and could be more
• 01:11aggressive.
• 01:12I think it really points
• 01:13to the need to emphasize
• 01:14public awareness about the need
• 01:16for breast cancer screening and
• 01:17knowledge of family history and
• 01:19then more research that is
• 01:20needed to get some insights
• 01:21about the aggressiveness of these
• 01:23cancers.