Meet five young women who survived breast cancer under 40 Megyn Kelly sits down with five women who survived breast cancer under 40. Now they’re ambassadors for the organization “5 Under 40,” where they support each other and other women who face the same challenge. They are joined on Megyn Kelly TODAY by founder Jennifer Finkelstein, who accept a $10,000 donation to the foundation.
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Pop Sugar— October 21, 2020
With every October comes the predictable onslaught of pink everything: bracelets, perfume, athleisure, tacky T-shirts, and even $1,750 pumps, all in the name of breast cancer awareness and fundraising. And while broadcasting our support of the one in eight women who will face breast cancer in their lifetimes and the 2,620 new cases of invasive breast cancer that are projected to be diagnosed in men this year is important, we’ve become inured to the narrative that breast cancer is a disease that only affects women in middle age and […]
Thrive Global — March 13, 2019
“You have cancer” are words no one wants to hear, let alone weeks before your wedding. For Jennifer Finkelstein, this was her reality in 2005 when her doctor confirmed her worst suspicions: invasive breast cancer. Shocked with this newfound diagnosis, Jennifer could not believe that at 32 years old, she would undergo a mastectomy and […]
Country Living August 2017
The Hardest Choice Cancer Forced Me to Make My fiancé and I were lying in bed one night in the spring of 2005 talking about our upcoming wedding when he felt a lump in my left breast. He’s a doctor—he could tell something was wrong—and he immediately started pushing on my armpit. A few days later, on April 3, less than two months before our wedding, I learned that I had stage 2b breast cancer, and that it had spread…
GMA – October 2016
Professional Dancer Recounts Breast Cancer Diagnosis at Age 26 Olivia Hutcherson’s life as a professional dancer in New York City took an unprecedented turn on the night of her 26th birthday in 2015. Hutcherson, now 27, saw blood on the inside of her blouse at the end of the night. “The following day, I went into the doctor’s office and they told me that it was nothing to worry about but I felt like something was wrong,” Hutcherson told ABC…
Support for Younger Women with Breast Cancer Special education teacher Tara Aitken was 32 years old in the prime of her life and focused on raising her two young boys when the unthinkable happened. “I ended up having two masses in my right breast, both cancerous, and it was going to need surgery and quite frankly immediately,” she said. While young women make up a small percentage of all breast cancer cases, the number is still significant. The American Cancer…
The Double Mastectomy Rebellion. After she was diagnosed with cancer in her left breast last fall, Chiara D’Agostino turned to two holistic healers, a psychotherapist, a massage therapist, a hospital social worker, a meditation class and two support groups to help her navigate a frightening new world. One piece of advice she doesn’t plan to follow: her doctor’s. The surgeon recommended a single mastectomy along with chemotherapy and radiation. But many women in the support groups argued that she should…
Montclair natives share marathon tale of friendship, courage, and breast cancer care November 24, 2013 By Kelly Ebbels Staff Writer The Montclair Times Tracy Frazzano happened to go on Facebook one afternoon, where she found a friend reposting another friend’s status. It was an offer to pay the entrance fee for runners in the New York City Marathon, if the runner would raise money for a new breast cancer foundation. It was Jennifer Finkelstein, an old friend, making the request….
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