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As Breast Cancer Awareness Month comes to an end, we want to highlight a story of hope and a call to action for you and your family.One Valley mom's breast cancer diagnosis became a family diagnosis after she did genetic testing.A cancer diagnosis for anyone is scary, but especially for a mom of four at the age of 40.Pat Mersiowski wants to use her story to raise awareness about the importance of knowing your family's cancer history to potentially prevent cancer for generations to come.
'One of the greatest things about the American Cancer Society is that I look at it, and I think the most important piece to me, is the research side of it because I don't want my kids or grandkids to have to go through what I did.'One tool preventing her kids and grandkids from that is genetic testing.Shortly after she was diagnosed, Mersiowski ended up testing positive for the breast cancer, or 'BRCA,' gene.
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