Toronto breast cancer survivor climbs one of the world's most challenging mountains

A Toronto woman turned her battle with breast cancer into a defiant act of strength by climbing one of the world's most famous mountains to honour her final year of remission.What first began as a minor nipple irritation led to then-29-year-old Tarot Stephens being diagnosed with breast cancer, a disease which she tells blogTO runs in her family. "I came back to Toronto [after living in Los Angeles] and at the biopsy, they discovered that it was grade three invasive ductal carcinoma, which is a very aggressive form of breast cancer," she says. Since the diagnosis, Stephens has endured multiple rounds of chemotherapy, a double mastectomy and reconstruction, and will have to take menopause-inducing medication for at least the next five years.Breast cancer is rarely diagnosed in people under the age of 40, according to Health Canada. Most cases (80 per cent) occur in women over the age of 50, but rates are rising among women in their 30s and even 20s, lik...


2 w.
Science
ID: 1372909054260037347


Similar News expand_more


Science
Science
Science
Military
Culture
Science
Science
Entertainment
Science
Sport
Entertainment
Entertainment
Sport
Politics
Sport
Crime
Sport
Science
Science
Real Estate
Science
Real Estate
Sport
Crime
Sport
Crime
Science
Entertainment
Sport
Space
Education
Sport
Entertainment
Sport
Entertainment
Science
Science
Sport
Sport
Sport
Sport
Space
Military
Entertainment
Crime
Science
Sport
Science
Science
Popular countries based on strong economic and political relations

Add Watch Country

arrow_drop_down