Breast cancer researcher diagnosed with the very disease she studies

Breast cancer researcher diagnosed with the very disease she studies

Breast cancer researcher diagnosed with the very disease she studies

Dr Jennifer Guerriero, a Harvard Medical School instructor who directs a breast cancer research lab at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, has been diagnosed with hormone receptor-positive breast cancer, the same type she has spent her career studying. She was diagnosed this spring at age 43 after a routine mammogram found the cancer, even though she had no symptoms and no lump. She had a double mastectomy in August and says she feels lucky it was caught early, urging women not to skip screening.

Dr Jennifer Guerriero, a Harvard Medical School instructor who directs a breast cancer research lab at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, has been diagnosed with hormone receptor-positive breast cancer, the same type she has spent her career studying. She was diagnosed this spring at age 43 after a routine mammogram found the cancer, even though she had no symptoms and no lump. She had a double mastectomy in August and says she feels lucky it was caught early, urging women not to skip screening.

Dr Jennifer Guerriero, a Harvard Medical School instructor who directs a breast cancer research lab at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, has been diagnosed with hormone receptor-positive breast cancer, the same type she has spent her career studying. She was diagnosed this spring at age 43 after a routine mammogram found the cancer, even though she had no symptoms and no lump. She had a double mastectomy in August and says she feels lucky it was caught early, urging women not to skip screening.