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think so. I'm just doing what I've
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Dein helped her find words such
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line."
She is speaking out, hoping that
as these: "Mommy's going to
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by putting a name and face to the
statistics for genetically inherited
cancer, she will increase awareness.
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It also made it easier, she said,
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Woods wife and mother, who "gave
me insight, support and answered
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Siegmann, who has a master's
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State University, credited Royal
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oncology nurse and certified coun-
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figure out how much to share with
her three young children.
They need to know something is
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for awhile, she was told. But most
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