American (8) youngest breast cancer patient ever

World November 24, 2015 17:30

- The US Chrissy Turner is barely eight years old and already ill. The girl was recently diagnosed with breast cancer ; According to experts, the youngest patient ever with the disease.

Chrissy came last month in panic to their parents after they and bump on her chest felt. " She was so scared ", says father Troy opposite ABC4 Utah News. That fear proved well founded. Not then gave the family long to hear that their little girl is suffering from a very rare form of breast cancer. "Keep lachen'Bizar enough is not the first time the family ends up in such a process. Chrissy's parents were both also previously affected by cancer. Mother Annette recently won the battle against cervical cancer, father Troy is currently battling against a form of lymph node cancer. Chrissy will be operated as soon as possible at the Huntsman Cancer Institute in Salt Lake City (Utah). In the meantime, friends and family are trying to raise money through a special campaign for the subsequent treatments. " We are doing every day their best to keep smiling and do our best to make the family also overcome this ", decision. Breast cancer is most common in women aged 60 to 75 years. About a quarter of women who get breast cancer are younger than 50 years. They are in our country every year approximately 3000. Ten of them are younger than 25 years. Girl, 8, Diagnosed with BREAST CANCER is thought be the youngest person to ever have the disease https: // t. co / MDy0s80QgS- Daily Mail Health (DMAILhealth) November 24, 2015