At 26, I chose a preventive double mastectomy after testing positive for the BRCA1 genetic mutation. The 13-month reconstruction process was physically painful, and people's jokes didn't help. Opening ...
The surgery I always knew I'd have—and what it actually felt like to go through it. Growing up, I always knew there was a possibility that I could get breast cancer. My mom had it when I was a child, ...
Emma tells PEOPLE what the last few weeks of her mom's time has meant to her Emma Backstein/TikTok Emma Backstein elected to get a double mastectomy after learning she carries the BRCA1 gene mutation ...
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