Living with and Beyond Early-Onset Breast Cancer

Karla Baptiste was diagnosed with early-onset breast cancer and, through that experience, came to understand the role that hereditary risk can play in disease at a young age. In this episode, Karla shares what it was like to receive a cancer diagnosis before she had expected to think about cancer risk, how she navigated treatment decisions, and how she has come to live with and beyond her diagnosis. Her story speaks to the particular emotional terrain of cancer when it arrives before the cultural script has prepared you for it.