In 2007, Bee reporter Tracy Correa learned she had breast cancer. "Maybe I would die," she writes, remembering those first moments of discovery. "Maybe they'd have to mutilate me to save me." Follow Correa's path through acceptance and treatment, and listen to other Valley breast cancer survivors
Dr. Vassi Gardikas had been operating on women with breast cancer for years, so it didn't really surprise her when she was diagnosed with the disease.
Kallsen enjoys life more today. When she goes to a concert, she splurges on the best seats.
People really didn't talk about breast cancer when Audrey Redmond was diagnosed 40 years ago.
Monica Blanco-Etheridge said she was raised like a lot of Hispanic women, believing doctors are always right.
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