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Writer and Patient Advocate Musa Mayer

Fresh Air | By Terry Gross

Published April 13, 2005 at 12:00 AM EDT

Musa Mayer is a breast cancer survivor and is the author of several books about breast cancer, including Advanced Breast Cancer: A Guide to Living with Metastatic Disease and After Breast Cancer: Answers to the Questions You're Afraid to Ask. She has also written Examining Myself: One Woman's Story of Breast Cancer Treatment and Recovery.