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What NOT To Say When Your Friend Is Diagnosed With Cancer — & What To Say Instead

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LordHenriVoton/Getty ImagesIt was late February, and I was driving home from a routine mammogram when I got the call that every woman dreads. They saw something on the scan and wanted me to come back in for more tests. Twenty-four hours later, my life began to unravel — I was diagnosed with breast cancer.I know I am not alone in this experience. I’ve got multiple friends who are survivors. The American Cancer Society estimates that around 316,950 new cases of invasive breast cancer and 59,080 cases of ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) will be diagnosed in 2025 alone. So the grim odds are that so...

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