People don't think like 'oh, cancer,' then think of someone that looks like me. But right now that image is changing.
When you hear cancer, you think death right away, even if you don't want to and I just kept on thinking I am 23. I'm 23 like this is not supposed to happen to me.
Allen says she drove home to tell her family the news and found the comfort that was lacking at the doctor's office in her mother, who is an ABC News producer, and her younger brother.
Over 84,000 people ages 15-39 will be diagnosed with cancer in the nation in 2024, making up 4.2% of all new cancer diagnoses.
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