In early 2020, I woke up in the middle of the night to use the restroom. By chance, my hand brushed my right breast, and I felt a lump the size of a pecan. I examine my breasts at the end of every menstrual cycle but since I’d been going through menopause, my schedule was thrown off. I knew I had never felt this lump before, so I immediately called my gynecologist the next morning.  

My doctor sent me to an imaging center...