‘You just got to tough it out’: Gainesville teacher recounts harrowing journey to beat breast cancer - Gainesville Times

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‘You just got to tough it out’: Gainesville teacher recounts harrowing journey to beat breast cancer

Hadley Hulsey Duncan, a special education teacher at Gainesville Exploration Academy, beat breast cancer. October is breast cancer awareness month, a time when many women are reminded of the unsettling odds that the pink ribbon may one day take on a more personal significance. - photo by Scott Rogers

CANCERduncan 2.jpg — Hadley Hulsey Duncan, a special education teacher at Gainesville Exploration Academy, beat breast cancer. October is breast cancer awareness month, a time when many women are reminded of the unsettling odds that the pink ribbon may one day take on a more personal significance. - photo by Scott Rogers

Almost five years ago to the day, shortly before her 51st birthday, Hadley Duncan went in for a routine mammogram at the Imaging Center in Gainesville.