I have heard of men getting breast cancer, but I have never heard of a 10 yr old getting it. She has already had a mastectomy. Is this just really rare or is it genetic and something her children would have to worry about? ...Hannah was diagnosed this month, a few weeks after her mother found a lump in her left breast. In late March, after she complained of itching, her mother took her to the bathroom to check for any problems. She immediately felt the growth. The family quickly made an appointment to have it examined and Hannah had surgery to remove part of the mass in early April. Not all of the tumor was removed, because it had advanced into breast tissue that would not grow normally in adulthood if it was damaged. The portion that was removed was sent for tests, but doctors reassured the family. "They told me it was not breast cancer, because breast cancer does not happen to children," said Carrie Auslam, Hannah's mother. In mid-April, test results came back with a shocking diagnosis - Hannah has Stage IIA Invasive Ductal Carcinoma, an adult form of breast cancer. The rest of the tumor, which had grown around blood vessels in Hannah's breast, would have to be removed....
