RTÉ reporter Evelyn O’Rourke’s friendly upbeat manner belies the impact of her life-changing experience of having breast cancer while pregnant with her second son, Ross, just over 10 years ago. “There was no history of breast cancer in my family so it was not on my radar. While I was waiting for the biopsy results, I discovered I was pregnant.”Third surgeryThe results came back that O’Rourke had hormone sensitive HER2 negative breast cancer. “Australia is set to become the first country in the world to eradicate cervical cancer with screening and HPV vaccination. “I realise that I could never have coped with breast cancer and pregnancy without the love and support from all my family.

Source: The Irish Times May 12, 2021 05:02 UTC