Unfortunately, when a woman is younger, it often is a more aggressive form of breast cancer. “We know that breast cancers are being diagnosed earlier. And breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths in Latina women,” Burrows said. “The incidence rate for white and Black women are similar, but Black women are 40% more likely to die. When she heard about the new recommendation that women get mammograms as early as 40, she applauded that change, especially for different groups of people.Ĭourtesy: U.S. “If it hadn't been for that early detection, who knows when it would have been caught? And by the time it was caught, would it have been too late?” If it hadn't been for my going every year to get my mammograms, they wouldn't have been able to see the changes,” Burrows said. She opted to have a double mastectomy, a choice she feels lucky to have had, all because it was caught early. If you looked at my mother and I, our breast cancers are nowhere near related,” Burrows said. “When people think breast cancer, they think, ‘Oh, it's all genetics.’ I don't have the BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutations. Her mom is a two-time breast cancer survivor, but Burrows says that doesn’t always mean what people think it might. “As I was getting ready to walk into my holiday party for work, I got the notification in my ‘My Chart’ that I indeed had breast cancer,” Burrows said. Pink wasn’t always Burrows’ favorite color, but now she wears it with pride. Kimberly Burrows on the day of her double mastectomy.
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