Breast cancer survivor: 'If I had listened to new mammogram guid...

Courtesy NYDailyNews.com - Health - NY Daily News  Sun, 11/22/2009 - 01:23

If I had listened to the advice of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, I would be dead. Had I not learned how to check for warning signs, and had I not paid attention to my body, I would not have learned at the age of 48 that I was afflicted with Stage 3 breast cancer.


 

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