8-year-old girl youngest ever diagnosed with breast cancer

It’s a diagnosis rarely seen in someone so young: A Salt Lake City area eight-year-old is fighting breast cancer.

Chrissy Turner recently told her parents about a lump she noticed on her chest.

“Knowing that she’s going to have to go through long term care and long term watch it’s such a rare situation that the emotional piece for her as she grows and development and all of the reconstruction that she’ll have to go through as she gets older it’s still very very hard”. It’s called secretory carcinoma.

Centreville resident Chrissy Turner was diagnosed with secretory breast cancer, a “one in a million” form of breast cancer, on November 9. It’s a struggle every day worrying about my family, about my husband and now my baby girl’.

The news came as a shock not only due to her age, but also the fact that both her parents are cancer survivors.

Annette was once diagnosed with cervical cancer while her dad, Troy, is now battling Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma.

Chrissy is scheduled to have a mastectomy in December at the Huntsman Cancer Institute by a specialist and her surgeon. “But I knew that I could fight it off and I hope that I can fight it off”.

Chrissy, who has reportedly been staying busy with her sister Brianna, told ABC News that she “kind of scared” to find out what the bump on her chest was after she became aware of its existence.

The Turner family, along with family and friends, have launched a GoFundMe campaign to help afford medical costs, as Chrissy will need continuing medical care and monitoring.

The Turners were forced to file for bankruptcy in July 2013, however the bills of Chrissy’s treatment have now started coming in.

Annette says it’s just like her daughter to help kids she doesn’t even know.

Tests revealed that the youngster is suffering from a very rare form of breast cancer, known as secretory carcinoma.

The girl, Chrissy Turner, has become the youngest ever to receive a breast cancer diagnosis.

After eight months of chemotherapy his caner went into remission, however in 2011 it reappeared.

Readers who would like to support the fund can visit the Turner Family’s GoFundMe page.