Woman, 26, felt her concerns were being dismissed before cancer diagnosis
De Armas was 26. She had no known family history of breast cancer . But she had found a lump in her breast. Before beginning a rigorous program to train as a physician assistant, she wanted to get it checked out.
Being that young in a waiting room filled with older patients getting routine scans was already unsettling, she said. Then the technician seemed to dismiss her concerns.
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