Claim: Breast cancer in younger women has been increasing gradually in recent decades. But a social media post misrepresents case number projections for 2022 and 2023 to falsely claim they show a dramatic rise in early-onset breast cancer — and then baselessly ties its faulty comparisons to COVID-19 vaccines.
Fact-check: TikTok Video Mangles American Cancer Society Breast Cancer Estimates - FactCheck.org
Verdict: breast cancer in younger women has been increasing gradually in recent decades. but a social media post misrepresents case number projections for 2022 and 2023 to falsely claim they show a dramatic rise in early-onset breast cancer — and then baselessly ties its faulty comparisons to covid-19 vaccines.
Organisation: FactCheck.org
Author: Kate Yandell
Date published: 2023-06-23T22:47:52