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Katrina Wells, a 54-year-old African-American female,
works a sedentary job in telecommunications. She has been
overweight most of her life and has never engaged in physical
activity on a regular basis. Because of limited finances and
limited health care coverage, Katrina only seeks health care only
when she is ill. Through a community outreach program, Katrina met
Lydia Robinson, a nurse who helped her gain access to basic
preventive health care services. Acting on the advice of Lydia,
Katrina agreed to have a screening mammogram. The radiologist who
reviewed the mammography films discovered a small mass in the upper
outer quadrant of Katrina’s left breast. She was contacted by the
radiologist and told she had an abnormal mammography result and
that she needed to return to the imaging center for further workup.
Katrina, not knowing what this meant, asked if she had cancer. She
was told that cancer was a possibility but that further testing was
needed to determine if this was the case.