LORAIN COUNTY, Ohio — Mary Wallace almost skipped her yearly mammogram in May 2024. It was just two days after her mother's funeral.

" I didn't want to take the time," Wallace said. "But at the end of the day, I said, you know what, I'm just going to go and get it over with and thank God I did."

That decision likely saved her life.

The 61-year-old was diagnosed with triple negative breast cancer, the most aggressive form of the disease. What started as routine screening quickly escalated when doctors discovered the cancer had grown.

"When my mom initially was diagnosed from her primary doctor, we were under the impression that the mass was very small, it was probably stage zero," said Maureen Pavicic, Wallace's daughter. "And then come to find out, after further testing and about a mon

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