Survivor Voices

Today, there are over 250,000 women living in the United States, who have been affected by breast cancer. Every three minutes, a woman is diagnosed. As a young survivor, we know that we generally have more aggressive cancers and our cancers have a higher mortality rate, yet women are still being told to wait until 40 to get mammograms and most young women are not aware that we can and do get breast cancer.

Additionally, researchers are not studying young women because apparently, there is not a large enough population of us to study. Well, one of my close friends have over sixteen girlfriends who were under 35 die this past year from breast cancer; mostly because they were misdiagnosed.

Breast cancer is highly curable...when diagnosed in time. We need to raise our voices and make them heard, so that more young women become vigilant about their breast health, do monthly self exams and if there is a malignant lump, get diagnosed in time.

We need to get more women engaged in clinical research studies and trials, so that we are a part of the study and treatment design process.

We need to have a voice in terms of healthcare reform, so that the insurance companies WILL pay for all of our mammograms, even if we are under 40 - because they should be.

We need to make sure that women know that breast cancer is not a death sentence. We need women to speak about the things that affect them in regards to breast cancer and see how they are making a change.

We need to be our own best advocates in order to contribute to our survival and a world free of breast cancer for future generations.

this page, listen to the voices speak out. I know that by raising our voices, we can and will make a change.

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