Table 1.

Characteristics of 17 Young Women With a Breast Cancer History at Time of Interview.

Demographic Characteristics	N or M (SD)
Education
Some or graduated college (13–16 years)	10
Professional/graduate degree (≥17 years)	7
Marital status
Married/engaged	13
Divorced	3
Single/never married	1
Parity
Nulliparous (0 births)	2
Primiparous (1 birth)	4
Multiparous (≥2 births)	11
Birth of child(ren) relative to breast cancer diagnosis date
No births	2
Birth(s) occurred before diagnosis	12
Birth(s) occurred after diagnosis	1
Birth(s) occurred before and after diagnosis	2
Race/ethnicity
White, non-Hispanic	10
Black, non-Hispanic	5
Other	2
Smoking
Never smoked	14
Former smoker	3
Stagea
Stage 0 (in situ)	2
Stage 1	4
Stage 2	7
Stage 3	3
Unsure	1
Hormone receptor statusa
ER+/PR+	9
ER+/PR−	4
ER−/PR−	1
ER−/PR−/HER2− (triple negative)	3
Treatment typea,b
Lumpectomy	12
Unilateral mastectomy	3
Bilateral mastectomy	4
Chemotherapy	11
Radiation	12
Breast reconstruction	5
Adjuvant endocrine therapy	14
Breast cancer recurrence
1 breast cancer diagnosis	15
2 or more breast cancer diagnoses	2
BRCA mutation
No	12
Yes	1
Variants of unknown significance	1
Not tested	3
Time since diagnosisa
<1 year	2
1 ≤ years < 5	6
5 ≤ years < 10	4
≥ 10 years	5
Age at diagnosis (in years)a	38.6 (5.0)
Range	28–45
Age at time of interview (in years)	45.8 (7.2)
Range	37–64

Note. ER = estrogen receptor; PR = progesterone receptor;

HER2 = human epidermal growth factor receptor 2

^aRefers to participant’s first breast cancer diagnosis.

^bThis column does not add up to 100% since a participant may be included in >1 category based on their treatment regimen.