Whether you're a mother or father, or a husband or a son, or a niece or a nephew or uncle, breast cancer doesn't discriminate.
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Breast cancer is not just a disease that strikes at women. It strikes at the very heart of who we are as women: how others perceive us, how we perceive ourselves, how we live, work and raise our families-or whether we do these things at all.
I didn't know anything about breast cancer when I got it.
With over 3 million women battling breast cancer today, everywhere you turn there is a mother, daughter, sister, or friend who has been affected by breast cancer.
Cancer does not discriminate.
I have a lot of breast cancer history on my mother's side of the family.
I think a lot of people just aren't aware how young you can be and be diagnosed with breast cancer.
Well, right now, technically, I have no breast cancer.
I feel that between my experience and my mother's, breast cancer is a little bit like someone who lives next door. I know what that person looks like and what their daily habits are.
My mom was diagnosed with breast cancer when I was 13 and it was something we weren't really aware of as a family.
Breast cancer isn't one disease - it's probably four or five different types, and without knowing what type a person has, you can't optimize treatment for them.