{"id":4342,"date":"2020-10-16T09:32:38","date_gmt":"2020-10-16T13:32:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prose.com\/?p=4342"},"modified":"2022-02-07T12:21:09","modified_gmt":"2022-02-07T17:21:09","slug":"breast-cancer-awareness-prose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prose.com\/blog\/breast-cancer-awareness-prose","title":{"rendered":"Help Spread Breast Cancer Awareness with Prose and 5 Under 40"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n

What were you doing at the age of twenty-one? Grappling with a breast cancer diagnosis may not have even crossed your mind as a possibilty, but for Nikki Matos that was her reality. Skip ahead to age twenty-three, what events were shaping your life then? For Tyra Francis, a Stage III inflammatory breast cancer diagnosis would change the course of her life forever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What were you doing at the age of twenty-one? Grappling with a breast cancer diagnosis may not have even crossed your mind as a possibilty, but for Nikki Matos<\/a> that was her reality. Skip ahead to age twenty-three, what events were shaping your life then? For Tyra Francis, a Stage III inflammatory breast cancer diagnosis would change the course of her life forever.<\/p>\n

The extremely young ages of these women<\/a> may seem shocking, but breast cancer is actually the leading cause of cancer-related deaths in women under the age of forty. As unfair and impossible as these young diagnoses<\/a> may seem, cancer does not discriminate based on age. Thankfully for Nikki, Tyra and hundreds of other young women<\/a> who have been diagnosed with breast cancer or have tested positive for the BRCA gene, the non-profit organization 5 Under 40<\/a> was there to support them throughout their journey and after.<\/p>\n

Jennifer Finkelstein<\/a>, the founder of 5 Under 40, was diagnosed with breast cancer herself at the age of 32, ” …just weeks before my wedding.\u00a0I\u00a0found myself unable to connect with others who shared a similarly shocking diagnosis. I was\u00a0deluged with literature for older women. In my most desperate hours for what seemed like a never-ending quest\u2026everything came up blank.\u00a0I quickly discovered, a diagnosis under the age of 40 was a significant emotional and financial challenge.\u00a0Before I could even grasp the magnitude of what this meant for me, I thought of other young women who lacked\u00a0education, navigational tools and were financially challenged. Upon learning the following \u201cfive\u201d alarming facts, I incorporated the 5 Under 40 Foundation in June 2011 to fill an unmet need.”<\/p>\n

Being diagnosed with breast cancer, especially at such a young age when people are typically just kicking off huge a transitional period in their life, can be extremely isolating. So, finding a community of women who are in your age bracket and who know exactly what you\u2019re going through is invaluable. That\u2019s where 5 Under 40 steps in.<\/p>\n

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