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Once Sigler was again cancer free, she decided to
undergo genetic testing to see if she had oncogenes, or
genes that have the potential to cause cancer.
Sigler said she was not BRCA1 or 2 positive (BRCA1
and 2 are often known as “breast cancer genes”), but was
positive for the ATM gene. According to the Helen Diller
Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, studies suggest
women who carry a mutation in the ATM gene have an
estimated 20-60 percent increased risk for breast cancer
and are also at higher risk of developing other cancers.
“At 58 years old I found out I have this gene that
could be the reason for my breast cancer,” she said. “They
didn’t have enough data to know if it was why I had
ovarian cancer back then.”
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Sigler was in good health. She had just been
given the all clear from her doctors after a
cancer screening in January. But then, just a month after
losing her mother to Parkinson’s complications, doctors
discovered Sigler’s tumor marker levels were out of
normal range.
“The thing is, I felt fine,” she said. “And so I just didn’t
really think anything of it because I felt fine. (My doctor)
wanted to take it a bit further and she ordered a CT scan.
The CT scan results came back that I had a tumor in my
breast but also there was a fluffy thing in my right lung.”
Test results came back and revealed Sigler had
breast cancer again and a small tumor in the back of her
lung, despite never smoking. After further testing,
doctors told Sigler her lung cancer wasn’t malignant and
her breast cancer was not a recurrence of the cancer
from 2017, but a new primary breast cancer.
When asked to schedule her lung surgery to remove
the tumor, Sigler chose a significant date: the same day
she was rushed to the hospital in 1992.
“I felt that, well I lived through October 5, 1992, so
this seems like a good date,” she said.
After the success of her lung surgery, Sigler
underwent chemotherapy for her breast cancer after
developing inflammatory breast disease.
“The chemotherapy ended April 6,” Sigler said. “Two
weeks later, I got my first Pfizer vaccine.”
Despite undergoing surgeries and chemotherapy,
Sigler’s oncologist decided in June to place her on a
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