All the family members from the children to the grandpas, everybody she works with, everybody around that woman becomes a part of the cancer. It's not just her disease, it's a community disease. Dr. Archer agrees with Hopper. We know that women who are in community do better than women who live alone. And we know that women who breastfeed have lower breast cancer rates.
Breast cancer starts as a tiny, unusual growth inside the body.
In time, and if not treated early, this odd growth spreads. It may grow as a lump inside the breast and it can spread to other parts of the body. Finding cancer late means there is less chance of successful treatment. Bev VanNote is a breast cancer survivor who developed breast cancer at a much younger age than most breast cancer patients. She had a mastectomy on her 31st birthday and is now cancer-free.