"Thank goodness I went for the mammogram." Daneen found time for a screening, just in time DANEEN PLUMLEY, BREAST CANCER PATIENT Like many women, Daneen Plumley, 59, put off getting a mammogram. When she finally went to Canonsburg Hospital in May, it had been 12 years since her last one. Additional testing detected stage one breast cancer. "I certainly wasn't expecting that," she said. "If l'd waited longer, it could have been too late. Soon she met her medical oncologist, Diane Buchbarker, MD, and Dr. Mark Gannon, MD, her surgeon. Dr. Gannon removed the tumor in July and was able to reassure her that the cancer hadn't spread to her lymph nodes. Daneen got through it all with prayers and support from her large family. "A lot of days you just want to curl up and avoid life, but it feels better to be positive," she said. She also appreciated her AHN breast cancer navigator, Lee Ann Dobson, RN, MS, CBCN. "Lee Ann was wonderful," said Daneen. She answered my questions, told me what to do next, and called just to see how I was doing. Daneen had genetic testing and is moving ahead with radiation treatments. She is looking forward to being a cancer survivor and fulfilling her plans to travel out west with her husband, John. To schedule your mammogram, call (412) DOCTORS. 1IN8WOMEN WILL DEVELOP BREAST CANCER IN THEIR LIFETIME 3.1 MILLION BREAST CANCER SURVIVORS IN THE u.S. https://www.concer.org/lotest-newalacts-ond-iguree-2010 hh AHN CANONSBURG "Thank goodness I went for the mammogram." Daneen found time for a screening, just in time DANEEN PLUMLEY, BREAST CANCER PATIENT Like many women, Daneen Plumley, 59, put off getting a mammogram. When she finally went to Canonsburg Hospital in May, it had been 12 years since her last one. Additional testing detected stage one breast cancer. "I certainly wasn't expecting that," she said. "If l'd waited longer, it could have been too late. Soon she met her medical oncologist, Diane Buchbarker, MD, and Dr. Mark Gannon, MD, her surgeon. Dr. Gannon removed the tumor in July and was able to reassure her that the cancer hadn't spread to her lymph nodes. Daneen got through it all with prayers and support from her large family. "A lot of days you just want to curl up and avoid life, but it feels better to be positive," she said. She also appreciated her AHN breast cancer navigator, Lee Ann Dobson, RN, MS, CBCN. "Lee Ann was wonderful," said Daneen. She answered my questions, told me what to do next, and called just to see how I was doing. Daneen had genetic testing and is moving ahead with radiation treatments. She is looking forward to being a cancer survivor and fulfilling her plans to travel out west with her husband, John. To schedule your mammogram, call (412) DOCTORS. 1IN8WOMEN WILL DEVELOP BREAST CANCER IN THEIR LIFETIME 3.1 MILLION BREAST CANCER SURVIVORS IN THE u.S. https://www.concer.org/lotest-newalacts-ond-iguree-2010 hh AHN CANONSBURG