Sri Lanka, Oct. 13 -- Scientists are warning that rates of a rare but highly deadly cancer are on the rise in the US, with cases climbing three times faster than other forms of the disease.
A key finding from 2012 to 2021 was that the invasive lobular carcinoma (ILC), a type of breast cancer, incidence climbed at an average annual rate of 2.8 percent in women 50 and older and 2.9 percent among women younger than 50.
This rise across age groups exceeds the 0.8 percent increase for all other breast cancers combined.
The period from 2016 to 2021 was most concerning, showing an even sharper annual increase of 3.4 percent. Hormonal and lifestyle factors, not genetics, are the primary drivers behind the rising rates of invasive lobular carcino...