Breast Cancer Survivor
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Where do these numbers come from.
Breast cancer survivor. Living as a breast cancer survivor whether you are living with cancer or living after cancer many women have questions and concerns about life as a survivor. As such she prefers not to use the term survivor. So if a breast mass shows up on a mammogram or is detected during a monthly breast self exam you have already been living with it for some time. Unless you re a breast cancer survivor yourself there are nuances of the illness that you simply can t prepare for.
Whether you re going through breast cancer firsthand or you know and love. Living as a survivor. As one in eight american women will develop breast cancer during their lifetimes and with nearly three million breast cancer survivors in the united states the need for a better understanding the. Emily garnett now 34 years old has that late stage form of breast cancer.
A such surviving this period of time is what prompts many people to consider diagnosis the point at which you can be called a breast cancer survivor.