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KOKOMO — Breast cancer affects 1 in 8 women in the U.S. — that’s according to the American Cancer Society.Two Kokomo women say early detection saved their lives. Now, they’re encouraging other women to get screened. “I’ve been in healthcare for so long and I was like ‘How could this happen to me?’” Marcia Hulet said.Hulet is used to caring for others.She’s been a dedicated labor and delivery nurse at Ascension St. Vincent for 46 years.But this year was a little different.
“Mine was an aggressive cancer. If I had waited, who knows where it could’ve been,” Gibson said. Gibson had a bilateral mastectomy in October of this year.Her biggest advice to other women: get a screening.“You never know if you’re gonna get through it, if you’re gonna survive. I caught mine very early. That’s why I’ve been preaching to everybody to go get your mammograms. If I hadn’t had a mammogram, this never would’ve got caught,' she said. Doctors at Ascension St.
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