Given her family’s history of breast and ovarian cancer, and the BRCA confirmation, Elizabeth made an appointment with Roswell Park’s High Risk Breast Cancer program.
Breast reconstruction
Once treatment started, Hannah had to choose between having a lumpectomy or a partial or total mastectomy.
“Roswell Park was comfortable. You could tell it is set up to specialize in breast cancer. They had everything ready and they read the results on the spot. I didn’t have to go home with any anxiety about anything.”
"I told Dr. Ozturk that she had given me one of the best birthday gifts ever: a totally new self-image,” Sheila says. “It’s been a long time since I’ve felt this good about my body.”