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Jill Martin spoke to PEOPLE on Wednesday, Oct. 1, during the Today show's "Pink Plaza" event in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Martin was diagnosed with an aggressive form of stage 2b breast cancer in 2023

Now cancer-free, Martin is passionate about genetic testing, as the screening can help save lives

Sitting in a sea of pink, surrounded by hundreds of Today viewers — numerous breast cancer survivors among them — Jill Martin says she can't help but feel grateful.

The NBC morning show contributor finds herself using that word over and over again as she talks, laughing lightly because she says she doesn't want to sound redundant. Still, that one word really does encapsulate how she feels.

"I've been through such hell for the past two years that the only way

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