The doctor called when Mary Welden was walking out the door to her husband’s surprise birthday party.
Breast cancer.
The diagnosis in 2004 wasn’t Welden’s initial brush with the disease. Her mother had been diagnosed a few years earlier. An aunt before that. Cancer in general traced its way through her family’s history.
Welden’s story is likely familiar to many Americans: 1 in 8 U.S. women will be diagnosed with female breast cancer at some point during their lifetime. According to the…
The doctor called when Mary Welden was walking out the door to her husband’s surprise birthday party.
Breast cancer.
The diagnosis in 2004 wasn’t Welden’s initial brush with the disease. Her mother had been diagnosed a few years earlier. An aunt before that. Cancer in general traced its way through her family’s history.
Welden’s story is likely familiar to many Americans: 1 in 8 U.S. women will be diagnosed with female breast cancer at some point during their lifetime. According to the…