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Why Mammograms Belong in the Group Chat

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Nicole Seagriff was diagnosed with breast cancer at 26, more than three decades earlier than the American Cancer Society's median age of 62 . "I got genetic testing in 2012, which found I had a BRCA2 genetic mutation. I met with a high-risk oncologist who ordered an MRI. The MRI found the cancer," Seagriff told PS in a previous interview . "I wasn't shocked that I had a genetic risk, but I was absolutely blindsided that I had breast cancer at 26," she said. And Seagriff is not alone in this experience. In 2024, the American Cancer Society published a report calling out the uptick in cancer…

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    Why Mammograms Belong in the Group Chat

    Nicole Seagriff was diagnosed with breast cancer at 26, more than three decades earlier than the American Cancer Society's median age of 62 . "I got genetic testing in 2012, which found I had a BRCA2 genetic mutation. I met with a high-risk oncologist who ordered an MRI. The...

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