An African American Triple Negative Breast Cancer Survivor: Melanie Nix's story

Melanie Nix, an African American breast cancer survivor of three years talks about her struggles with the disease and how it affected her personally and emotionally. With the strength and support of her husband, children, family and friends she was able to overcome the disease. She talks about the power of information that included NCI resources and information on cancer.gov. She encourages African American women who are confronted with the disease to keep pushing forward and never give up.

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Science & Technology

Tags:

• African American
• disparities
• breast cancer survivor
• three year survivor
• clinical trials
• Lifelines
• multicultural
• MMO
• black women
• breast cancer awareness month
• NCI
• National Cancer Institute
• Triple Negative Breast Cancer