A few months ago, I was at a lunchtime fund-raiser for Gilda’s Club, a support organization for those living with cancer, when I heard Good Morning America's news anchor Amy Robach describe her own recent brush with breast cancer. It’s a story she’s rolled out in television interviews and in talks like this one, and it’s a story about cancer that is both wrong and hurtful.
I should know. I’m a doctor at a cancer hospital, so I’ve taken care of many patients who have breast cancer. I run a group that does health-care-policy work, so I know how patients with cancer get treated. I have led cancer guideline panels and advised organizations that set the standards for cancer screening and overall care. And my wife died of breast cancer a few years ago.
Via: Avoiding the Breast Cancer Warrior Trap
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