Breast self-exams used to be recommended as a part of routine breast cancer screening. Here's why the guidelines changed and what experts recommend instead.

Breast cancer rates are rising in the U.S., particularly for younger women. In South Carolina this year alone, nearly 6,000 women will get it and 780 will die.

Data collected from UCHealth researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus show breast cancer rates are increasing among younger women. That's why doctors are urging women who may be at high risk to schedule a screening.

Breast cancer rates are rising in the U.S., especially among younger women, despite the overall decline in breast cancer death rates by 44% since 1989. Breast cancer incidences increased by 1% each year from 2012 to 2021,