Breast Cancer In Young Women

’You’re too young for breast cancer.’ This is what my doctor told me in a most confident tone when I pointed out a lump in my right breast. But, he was wrong.

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Survivor Stories are personal reflections and experiences that members of the YSC Circle share with others affected by breast cancer. If you would like to add your own voice to this collection, please follow this link to submit your story.
 

Featured Survivor Stories

Jennifer Story, diagnosed at 28

Author: Jennifer Hennick

I was 28 years old at the time of my diagnosis. I was a single mother of two children: my daughter who was 5 and my son who was 3. more

Jennifer Manghisi, diagnosed at 24

Author: Jennifer Manghisi

I had just turned 24 years old on June 1, 2008 and my mother had just been diagnosed with DCIS stage 0 breast cancer and needed to have a lumpectomy with radiation to follow. more

Angela O'Neal, diagnosed at 37

Author: Angela O'Neal

It was a typical night for me, up late making a jewelry piece that had to be finished by the next day. more

Hetal Sopariwala, diagnosed at 34

Author: Hetal Sopariwala

My husband found the lump in mid-November. more

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