Tiffany Gaines of Powder Springs holds her 7½-month-old daughter, Destini. Gaines was diagnosed with breast cancer while she was seven months pregnant with Destini and completed her last cycle of chemotherapy in January. Gaines has a family history of cancer and tested positive for BRCA 1.
Tiffany Gaines of Powder Springs holds her 7½-month-old daughter, Destini. Gaines was diagnosed with breast cancer while she was seven months pregnant with Destini and completed her last cycle of chemotherapy in January. Gaines has a family history of cancer and tested positive for BRCA 1.
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by Rachel Miller
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