Young girl fights rare breast cancer at just eight years old

A young girl was diagnosed earlier this month with a rare form of breast cancer.

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Young Chrissy from Utah has recently been diagnosed with secretory breast carcinoma, at just eight years old.

Chrissy’s mother, Annette Turner, told ABC News that it was Chrissy who first found the tumour.

“She came to us on a Sunday afternoon, she said, ‘Mummy I have been scared and I have this lump,'” Turner recalled “It had been there for a while.”

So, “I was in shock,” Chrissy’s mother explained. “No child should ever have to go through cancer,” she added.
“My heart and thoughts are on my daughter and having her get better.”

“I was kind of scared to kind of figure out what it was,” Chrissy said.

“It is very treatable,” said Chrissy’s physician Dr. Brian Bucher, at Primary Children’s Hospital. “Chrissy will need to undergo a simple mastectomy…to remove all the remaining breast tissue to prevent this cancer from coming back.”

We wish Chrissy all the best.

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29 Comments

- - meedee said
  - 06 Jan 2022
    10:00 am
Poor little darling. I sure hope she is fit, healthy and happy now.

- - ella12 said
  - 16 Feb 2016
    12:09 pm
My thoughts and prayers are with you beautiful Chrissy.

- - mom93821 said
  - 18 Jan 2016
    7:45 am
I am quite shocked and wishing her the very best. Cancer is such a terrible disease.

- - mamavon said
  - 11 Jan 2016
    11:02 am
Thank goodness the doctor said it is very treatable.

- - rachelvk said
  - 30 Dec 2015
    9:02 pm
What a little trooper. Hope all goes well for her!

- - Kasey said
  - 29 Dec 2015
    12:30 pm
Wishing her a speedy recovery…..what an awful thing to go through at such a young age.

- - annioakly said
  - 27 Dec 2015
    11:21 am
Soldier on sausage your a little champ. So brave xx

- - kat76 said
  - 26 Dec 2015
    12:18 pm
Wishing this brave girl a speedy full revovery

- - Number One Mum said
  - 22 Dec 2015
    11:23 pm
All the best Chrissy to you and your family fight hard & never Ever give up you can beat this we are praying for you all the way from Australia. XXXX

- - Mummytoabeautifulprincess said
  - 17 Dec 2015
    2:29 pm
Poor little love. Glad to hear that it is treatable though!

- - mom108654 said
  - 13 Dec 2015
    12:02 am
Very sad. My heart goes out to this girl and family

- - Ali9229 said
  - 08 Dec 2015
    3:04 pm
oh my goodness. how terrible for this poor little girl. no child should have to go through that.
- mom93821 replied
  
  19 Jan 2016 , 6:24 am
  No one should have to endure cancer, particularly children.
- - Nas01 said
  - 07 Dec 2015
    5:58 pm
So shocked to hear about this. So glad that they caught it early and it’s treatable. All the best to Chrissy and her family.

- - mom94125 said
  - 03 Dec 2015
    3:24 pm
how scary! at least she will get treatment! it is so foreign to hear of a child going through this. wishing her a speedy recovery!

- - tessie said
  - 30 Nov 2015
    3:11 pm
My prayers and hope go out to young Chrissy. It hard enough for adults to go through. This little darling hasn’t even begun to enjoy her life yet. All the best Chrissy