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“We need to raise awareness and get
the message out. You can catch things
so much earlier if you really have an
understanding of what you’re up against.”
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Today, she’s a survivor, a tireless advo-
cate and a national adviser.
Davidson was nominated and
named to the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention Advisory
Committee on Breast Cancer in
Young Women. The committee “helps
the CDC develop evidence-based
approaches to advance understand-
ing and awareness of breast cancer
among young women through pre-
vention research, public and health
professional education, and awareness
activities and emerging prevention
strategies,” according to the organiza-
tion’s website.
“It’s a huge honor to be accepted on
this committee that’s so influential,”
Davidson says. “There are still a lot of
misconceptions out there, and there
are still a lot of things people don’t
think about either because they don’t
want to or because they just want to
think everything’s OK.”
Sadly, Davidson knows many
young women who have died because
they either didn’t know or fully
understand their risk. In one case, a
young mother in her 30s lived with a
lump for a year and a half, thinking
she was not in danger because of her
young age, only to later learn she
had Stage 4 breast cancer. In her own
case, Davidson felt a lump, but it did
not show up on a mammogram. She
instantly felt a false sense of relief, but
she actually did have cancer. It was
only discovered when the lump was
removed and tested.
“People didn’t think about it. I didn’t
think about breast cancer in younger
women,” she says. “It wasn’t something
that was on my radar at all because I
didn’t think I had a family history. It
turns out the history is on my father’s
side, and there weren’t a lot of women
on that side of the family.”
Davidson is also board president of
FORCE: Facing Our Risk of Cancer
Empowered. The 20-year-old national
organization is focused on advocacy,
advancing research and clinical trials,
and representing the concerns and
interests of individuals and families
affected by hereditary cancers.
“There’s still so much work to do,”
Davidson says. “We need to raise
awareness and get the message out.
You can catch things so much earlier
if you really have an understanding of
what you’re up against.” ■
To learn more about FORCE, visit
facingourrisk.org.