By: Shannon Rousseau
TULSA, Oklahoma -
When it comes to breast cancer, more than 330,000 women will be diagnosed with it this year. Many people put off important cancer screenings in 2020 because of COVID-19, including Cathy Teahan.
Cathy, who lives in Broken Arrow, is a retired educator with Tulsa Tech. She keeps busy with her seven grandkids, many of whom live in Oklahoma, but she still makes it a priority to get a mammogram on a yearly basis. I come in every year. I ve been doing that for 23 years, Cathy said.
But like many women, Cathy put off her breast cancer screening in 2020 because of COVID-19, citing concerns about potentially catching the virus in a hospital setting. She got a notice from Chapman Breast Center at Hillcrest Medical Center a few days after her screening was supposed to happen, saying she was due for a one. I thought, Well, it s a pandemic. I really don t want to go, I m fine.
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