SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) - Mary Camden, a breast cancer survivor from Shreveport at Christus Health, says when she learned she had cancer, she decided to get a double mastectomy to ensure the cancer wouldn't spread.

"I'm a survivor, I'm 7 years out, a breast cancer survivor," She says it's important for women to go and get a yearly mammogram, and she says that is what led her on this journey.

"I just went for my yearly checkup, and then I had to go get my mammogram and then they did an ultrasound because he said he saw something," said Mary Camden.

She says it was hard to believe and accept it. She says the most painful part of her journey was when she shared the news with her family.

"Then when Mike got home that night, we, you know, both fell apart, you know, and then, we called o

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