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You may not recognize the name Kerryn McCann, but it’s all over the news this week. McCann was an award-winning Australian runner, age 41, who died Monday from breast cancer that spread to her liver and brain. Sadly, about 1.3 million women worldwide will be diagnosed with breast cancer this year, and 465,000 women will die from it—McCann is just one of many. The twist on the story is that she discovered her breast lump while pregnant, and she initially thought it was nothing.
To learn more about the importance of checking your breasts during pregnancy, and the options you will have for screening and treatment, read my latest post in Health.com’s Breast Cancer Journey.
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That was awful
Pregnancy already takes us in several premature medical issues and breast cancer is such condition is terrible.
Physiotherapist