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Breast Cancer

Breaking the news

In this 'Speaking From Experience' video clip, participants discuss the difficulties involved with deciding who and how to tell people about their breast cancer diagnosis. Breaking the news to people about breast cancer can be very difficult, especially when having to deal with other people's emotions as well as your own.

View 'Breaking the news' transcript .pdf

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