A Shocking Diagnosis.

BREAST cancer; CANCER patients; YOUNG women; SOCIAL isolation; DRUG therapy; I'M Too Young to Have Breast Cancer!: Regain Control of Your Life, Career, Family, Sexuality & Faith (Book); PSYCHOLOGY; DISEASES

Offers a look at the social lives of women who have undergone treatment for breast cancer. Reference to the Young Survival Coalition, a breast-cancer advocacy group for women; Report that young women tend to be more affected physically and emotionally by a breast-cancer diagnosis than older women; Reference to the book "I'm Too Young to Have Breast Cancer!" by Beth Leibson-Hawkins; Side effects of chemotherapy; Concerns women have regarding intimacy and fertility.