When Nila Charles was diagnosed with breast cancer, she was the mother of two young children, working long hours and caring for a family member who was also diagnosed with cancer.

"It was a tough time, but I rallied through it," Charles recalled. "My care team at Weill Cornell Medicine was incredible and helped me so much."

Charles discovered her diagnosis during a routine mammogram and learned that she was BRCA2-positive through a genetic testing program co-led by Dr. Melissa Frey, co-director of the genetics and personalized cancer prevention program in the Meyer Cancer Center and an associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Weill Cornell Medicine.

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