Mendy Michalec went in for her regular mammogram when something unexpected popped up.

If I had not gotten the mammogram, I wouldve never have found it, she said.

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When she got the news, she said it knocked the wind out of her.

After that, I went in for a biopsy. Thats usually the next step, and of course, that came back as positive, said Michalec.

Earlier this summer, Michalec was diagnosed with breast cancer. Shes now going through radiation treatment.

It is definitely not a sprint, she said. It is a journey.

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

This year, the American Cancer Society (ACS) estimates more than 316,000 women are expected to be diagnosed with invasive breast cancer in the U.S.

In 1985, the organization said it helped lead an

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