Breast cancer. After skin cancer, it’s the most common cancer in women in the United States. American women have a one in eight chance of developing some type of breast cancer in their lifetime. The American Cancer Society says that “an estimated 192,370 new cases of invasive breast cancer will be diagnosed among women in the United States.” But, as shocking at the numbers may be, it’s not new news. We’ve heard it all before.
Imagine now, a 10-year-old girl discovering a lump in her breast tissue – a lump that turns out to be cancer. Not only that, the …read more

No one likes to hear that someone has breast cancer, but especially when news is that someone is only a 10-year-old girl. That’s right it was announced that a 10 year old by the name of Hannah Powell-Auslam from California was diagnosed with breast cancer. Hannah only learned last month that she had it and she too was shocked.
Many, myself included believe that a person cannot get breast cancer until they are adults, as we can see this is not always the case. Her family has decided to make a website chronicling her battle with the beast. Already she’s had …read more