1 in 8 It was early in the morning as I stood shivering in the cold surgical pathology laboratory. I stared at the x-ray before me, an image of a woman’s breast with cancer. The surgeon had just performed a mastectomy and needed imaging to determine if enough of the margins around the cancer had been removed. Looking at the x-ray, I couldn’t believe that there was cancer in this fluffy piece of breast tissue! Breast cancer affects 1 in 8 U.S. women, and more than 100,000 U.S. women undergo some form of mastectomy every year. Although cancer and surgery are scary words to contemplate, breast cancer has an excellent prognosis if discovered and treated early. It’s a reminder of the importance of screening and establishing a long-standing relationship with a primary care provider.
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12022-03-21T21:38:30+00:00KSL Exhibitsad59ae249b808d7092ad4d02c088e1a23747e128Emily Manning, Red HorizonKSL Exhibits6plain2022-03-22T22:44:48+00:00KSL Exhibitsad59ae249b808d7092ad4d02c088e1a23747e128
