Diana Di Mare was 37 years old at the time of her diagnosis of breast cancer. Statistically, she was young to have breast cancer. But, young women do get this disease. During 2002 through 2006, almost 5% of new breast cancer cases occurred in women younger than 40 years of age.1 For these women, the concerns and issues around their disease differ from those experienced by women diagnosed later in life. This disjunction led Di Mare to the Young Survival Coalition (YSC).
