In December 2018, Jade Tan was just starting to tell family and friends the exciting news that she and her husband, Inigo, were expecting their second child. Her daughter, Clara, would be becoming a big sister.
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When Suzette Simon found out she had breast cancer in her right breast after a routine mammogram, her first thought was: I’m sorry, mom.
When Erika Stallings’ mom, Samanthia, was diagnosed with breast cancer for the first time at 28, Erika was only a few years old—but she knew something was wrong.
After Yen Lam, 44, was sent for a biopsy on her left breast following a suspicious mammogram and ultrasound, she didn’t have much time to worry about it. She was busy traveling for work in the days that followed.
About two years ago, Uma and her husband, Mukund, temporarily relocated from Chicago to New York City to be close to “the babies,” as she affectionately calls her grandchildren. Her son Dr.
As a teenager and an athlete, Dr. Neil Iyengar was fascinated by nutrition and exercise, developing his own personalized regimens. Later, as an undergrad and a medical student, Dr.
About a month after Sarah Reinold turned 28, she noticed her left breast was swollen and a little tender. Thinking she was experiencing a hormonal change, she decided to keep an eye on it. Two weeks later, she felt a painful, pea-sized lump under her left armpit and called her doctor.
A month before her 40th birthday, Alicia Therien went in for her yearly gynecologic exam, thinking she’d start getting an annual mammogram. She’d had one two years prior after feeling several lumps in her breasts following her son’s birth.
At just 32 years old—six weeks after giving birth to her daughter, Poppy—Melissa Thompson was diagnosed with stage III breast cancer.
Each year, BCRF features stories from real people impacted by breast cancer as part of our annual storytelling initiative, Research Is the Reason.