Tina Knowles was diagnosed with breast cancer after missing a mammogram

Genetic testing is becoming *** life saving tool for cancer treatment and prevention. It allows us to do extra screening and possibly do preventative surgeries which would ultimately potentially prevent *** cancer from happening in the first place. It's *** test that Trisha. Says could have made *** difference for her. I had also let her know that my father had passed away from pancreatic cancer and that he was BRCA positive, which is *** gene mutation. Gene mutations BRCA1 and BRCA2 are considered high risk genetic abnormalities that carry *** higher risk of developing breast cancer. And after her stage 4 terminal cancer diagnosis, Trisha finds out she has *** CE 2 gene mutation, one that causes *** moderate risk of breast cancer. The hardest part for cancer patients is the unknown. My mom was *** healthy 45 year old woman who had regular mammograms every year, um, and one year she went and she had *** bad mammogram. Got *** cancer diagnosis of triple negative breast cancer, um, and that quickly it was maybe 18 months later and she died Christmas Eve. Years later, *** genetic test revealed she had the BRCA gene and in January of 2018 at 24 years old, Kelsey had *** prophylactic or preventative mastectomy. I didn't think that sitting around and waiting, it just wasn't an option for me. I couldn't do it. It's *** small world for Kelsey and Trisha, who knew each other as kids, and they met unexpectedly again when Trisha came to the infusion room where Kelsey was working as *** registered nurse. The the hardships that she was going to face with coming to treatment and and having trying to raise her daughter and her other her other children. It's always been hard for me to see young. People in the infusion room and it's even worse when it's someone that you know. WellSpan's genetic counselor Amanda Matchett says science and technology have evolved to where labs detect more than 99% of mutations with accurate and reliable results. We're now we're able to test, you know, 75 genes at once. The earliest you can get *** genetic test is at. 18 years old with *** referral from *** provider. It's so important for you to be tested and your children. It doesn't just affect your children, it will ultimately affect your children's children and their children. Say something to your provider and say, you know, I want *** referral to consider genetic testing. And that form of self advocacy is what Trisha and Landon encourage families to do. The fact that all this could have been prevented if we just said one thing to the doctor. Has kind of been *** really big impact. They need to advocate for themselves. If you feel something is off with your health, don't stop and don't give up.

Tina Knowles wants women to stay on top of their mammogram appointments.Video above: Genetic testing can be lifesaving tool for cancer preventionIn an interview with People, Knowles revealed she was diagnosed with stage 1 breast cancer in her left breast last July.She told the publication that doctors made the discover soon after she and her daughter, Beyoncé, launched their Cécred hair-care line. Knowles was also completing the manuscript of her new memoir, titled "Matriarch.""I struggled with whether I would share that journey because I'm very private. But I decided to share it because I think it's a lot of lessons in it for other women," Knowles told the publication. "I think as women, sometimes we get so busy and we get so wrapped up and running around, but you must go get your test. Because if I had not gotten my test early, I mean, I shudder to think what could have happened to me."She said she had actually missed getting a mammogram at one point."I forgot that I didn't go to get my test two years before I thought I had because Covid came and they called me and canceled me and they said, we'll call you when we start testing again," she said. "And I just thought I had done it. So you cannot play around with that."Knowles writes in her new book about how her daughters, Beyoncé and Solange, took the news.Beyoncé, her mother wrote, "took it well, staying positive, and I could already feel her mind racing, focusing on this as a task to tackle with precision," while Solange told her "we are going to take care of this."Her niece, Angie, and Beyoncé's friend and fellow Destiny's Child member, Kelly Rowland, also supported her, Knowles wrote."My girls became my team," she said in her book.She says she knows that the cancer could have been detected at stage 0 had she not missed her mammogram. Knowles said she is now "cancer-free and incredibly blessed that God allowed me to find it early."Knowles added that she's now eating healthier and has lost some weight. Her memoir is currently available for purchase.

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Tina Knowles wants women to stay on top of their mammogram appointments.

Video above: Genetic testing can be lifesaving tool for cancer prevention

In an Knowles revealed she was diagnosed with stage 1 breast cancer in her left breast last July.

She told the publication that doctors made the discover soon after she and her daughter, Beyoncé, launched their Cécred hair-care line. Knowles was also completing the manuscript of her new memoir, titled "Matriarch."

"I struggled with whether I would share that journey [in the book] because I'm very private. But I decided to share it because I think it's a lot of lessons in it for other women," Knowles told the publication. "I think as women, sometimes we get so busy and we get so wrapped up and running around, but you must go get your test. Because if I had not gotten my test early, I mean, I shudder to think what could have happened to me."

She said she had actually missed getting a mammogram at one point.

"I forgot that I didn't go to get my test two years before I thought I had because Covid came and they called me and canceled me and they said, we'll call you when we start testing again," she said. "And I just thought I had done it. So you cannot play around with that."

Knowles writes in her new book about how her daughters, Beyoncé and Solange, took the news.

Beyoncé, her mother wrote, "took it well, staying positive, and I could already feel her mind racing, focusing on this as a task to tackle with precision," while Solange told her "we are going to take care of this."

Her niece, Angie, and Beyoncé's friend and fellow Destiny's Child member, Kelly Rowland, also supported her, Knowles wrote.

"My girls became my team," she said in her book.

She says she knows that the cancer could have been detected at stage 0 had she not missed her mammogram. Knowles said she is now "cancer-free and incredibly blessed that God allowed me to find it early."

Knowles added that she's now eating healthier and has lost some weight. Her memoir is currently available for purchase.

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