Breast Cancer Survivor Encourages Other Young Patients To Seek Support

By Juli McDonald, CBS Boston

October 3, 2024

BOSTON - Without any family history of cancer at all, Siobhan Donovan couldn't have been more stunned by the blow of a breast cancer diagnosis in her third trimester of pregnancy.

"That really rocked our world. What do you mean it's not curable? What does this mean for the rest of my life? I was 33. I had a two-week-old, a 3-year-old, a 2-year-old. That was how I ended up with my stage 4 diagnosis," the Worcester woman recalled.

New research published this week by the American Cancer Society shows a continuous decline in the number of breast cancer deaths across the US. But more young women are being diagnosed each year.

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