Teresa Heinz-Kerry is the latest of prominent figure to go public with her cancer battle. The wife of Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry is urging young women to continue their annual mammograms, despite the recent controversy over the age at which women should begin breast cancer screenings.

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“The cancer was detected at an early stage thanks to a mammogram and the work of a remarkable physician who insisted on investigating beyond what the mammogram could show,” Heinz, 71, writes in The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. “I have had two operations and my prognosis for a full recovery is good.”

Best wishes to Teresa…..