Why are breast cancer cases surging among younger Hong Kong women?

In the third of a six-part Health Matters wellness series on cancer in Hong Kong, Elizabeth Cheung looks into the rise in breast cancer cases among women, the changing reproductive and lifestyle patterns behind the trend and what it means for screening and early detection. After a prolonged battle with breast cancer, actress and former Miss Hong Kong Natalie Ng Man-yan died at the age of 51. Ng was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2022 and suffered a relapse in 2024, with the disease later...

By Elizabeth Cheung