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By Dawn Yates as told to Jo Cavallo  / April 25, 2024

Breast Cancer Stalked My Family for Generations and Finally Came for Me

My maternal grandmother, mother, and two of my mother’s sisters were all diagnosed with breast cancer when they were relatively young, so I figured one day, the disease would come for me. Breast cancer is the most common cancer diagnosed among Alaska Native women,1 and at a very early age, my...