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Jenna Fischer reveals she’s ‘cancer free’ after being diagnosed with breast cancer last year [Video]

PROGRAM. OCTOBER IS BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH. A NEW REPORT FROM THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY SAYS DEATHS FROM THE DISEASE HAVE FALLEN NEARLY 45%, COMPARED TO 35 YEARS AGO. HOWEVER, NEW CASES CONTINUE TO RISE. JADE JARVIS SPOKE TO A LOCAL DOCTOR ABOUT THOSE STATISTICS AND EARLY DETECTION. REPORTER THESE PINK RIBBONS IN DELRAY BEACH’S VALENCIA PALMS COMMUNITY ARE THE WORK OF ITS PEPKOR CHAPTER, A STATEWIDE VOLUNTEER FUNDRAISING ORGANIZATION THAT SUPPORTS CANCER RESEARCH. WHEN I WAS 36, I WAS DIAGNOSED WITH BREAST CANCER AND I WAS TOLD THAT I WOULD DIE BECAUSE I THAT’S THE STAGE I WAS IN. PRESIDENT JOYCE BRETT REPRESENTS THE 1 IN 8 WOMEN IN THE U.S. WHO WILL BE DIAGNOSED WITH INVASIVE BREAST CANCER. I’M STANDING HERE BECAUSE OF THE TRIAL PROGRAMS THAT THEY SUPPLY TO PEOPLE WHO NEED THEM. EXPERTS SAY IT’S BECAUSE OF RESEARCH AND TRIAL PROGRAMS THAT THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY …

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