Cancer kills almost everybody who is diagnosed with the dreaded disease, regardless of age, gender, social status, and beliefs. But it's still heart breaking to hear about kids with cancer not only because they are just starting to live their lives, but they are also very helpless when the unbearable pain strikes.
An 8-year-old girl in the US has been diagnosed with breast cancer, making her the youngest known person to have the disease.
Chrissy Turner, a little girl from Utah, felt a lump on her chest in October and went straight to her parents. Her father, Troy Turner told ABC4 Utah News that his daughter came to him and his wife telling them that she has a lump on her chest and that she was scared.
After several tests, results revealed that the young girl is suffering from a very rare type of breast cancer, known as secretory carcinoma. Chrissy's mother Annette recalled the most devastating moment of her life saying, "I was in shock, no child should ever have to go through cancer."
Secretory breast carcinoma is one of the rarest types of breast carcinoma, totaling to less than 1 percent of all breast cancers in the US. It can occur at any age, but according to Stanford University it is most common in people under the age of 30.
Chrissy is scheduled to have a double mastectomy at the Huntsman Cancer Institute in Utah and will spend time recovering at the Primary Children's Hospital. She may be young but the brave little girl has said that she is very optimistic that she will get better. She also explained saying that she was scared the first time she knew she was sick, but I knew I could fight it off and I hope that I can fight it off.
Chrissy's family considers her diagnosis a tough blow to them given that they have already experienced more than their fair share of cancer. Chrissy's mother, Annette, has battled cervical cancer in the past and her father, Troy, is currently fighting off non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
