Identical Twins & Breast Cancer, Same Time

Identical twins share many things but the last thing they likely expect to share is a diagnosis of breast cancer. But that’s what happened to Leigh Baker and her sister Nicola, now 27 years old.

Leigh was the first twin to be diagnosed, at 25, with breast cancer. Weeks later, Nicola received the same news.

Studies have been done of twins and health. It’s particularly interesting if researchers find twins who grew up separately but ended up developing similar illnesses. To read more about Leigh and Nicola, you can go to the article, Identical Twins Who Got Breast Cancer At The Same Time .

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