Similarly, the employer can contact the employee to check on return dates or possible extension of leave. As in the OâDonnell case above, it also is acceptable to contact the employee to negotiate terms or conditions of employment to help the employee transition back to work.
Except for skin cancer, breast cancer is the most common cancer in American women. Most breast cancers are found in women who are 50 years old or older, but breast cancer also affects younger women. About 11% of all new cases of breast cancer in the United States are found in women younger than 45 years of age.
According to the current report, the risk that a woman will be diagnosed with breast cancer during the next 10 years, starting at the following ages, is as follows: 1  Age 30. . . . . . 0.44 percent (or 1 in 227). 2  Age 40. . . . . . 1.47 percent (or 1 in 68). 3  Age 50.