When Intuition Saved Her Life: Debra Annunziata on Breast Cancer, CHEK2, and Choosing Life Off Tamoxifen

Podcast: Not Today Cancer · Jen Delvaux

Opublikowano: 2026-11-02

What happens when a clear mammogram doesn't match what your gut is telling you? Debra Annunziata was diagnosed with breast cancer at 49, just weeks after a normal mammogram. She felt something small in the shower, was told it was probably nothing, and couldn't shake the nudge to get it checked. That nudge led to a stage 1, grade 2 invasive diagnosis, a CHEK2 genetic mutation, and a double mastectomy she had to advocate hard to get. Debra is a wife, a mom of two busy teens, a licensed clinical social worker turned realtor, and someone who spent...