A 22-year-old Irish woman has opened up about being diagnosed with stage three breast cancer after finding a small lump.
Lauren Barrett said she received her cancer diagnosis at the same time she was told she is a carrier of the BRCA1 gene mutation, which is linked to both breast and ovarian cancer.
The Kerry native was no stranger to the illness as she had watched her mother, who also has the BRCA1 gene, go through treatment for ovarian cancer when she was 16-years-old.
