How Well Do They Know Your Body? Partner Can Be First Line Of Defense Against Breast Cancer

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — Many women are told they should monitor their breasts for lumps so they can hopefully catch cancerous tumors early on.

Women can find out about crucial changes to their body through their loved ones. They say couples can work together for early detection.

Marenda Taylor says in early June her husband of 10 years, Tommy, noticed a lump in her breast that turned out to be breast cancer.

She didn't think much of it and waited a couple of weeks before calling her doctor.

"Tommy wouldn't let it go. He made it clear, crystal clear," Taylor said.

It turns out that Taylor had stage 1 triple negative and hereditary breast and ovarian cancer. They caught it early but she was still in for a fight.

"He probably saved my life and I'm so beyond grateful," she said.

After her diagnosis, Tommy and Marenda created a t-shirt that reads "Know Her Body." They hope they can raise awareness that couples can work together when it comes to early detection.

Taylor will walk the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure, with her husband at her side, Saturday.

You can meet Taylor at the Circle of Promise tent at the Race for the Cure Expo.

For more about Taylor's journey visit iammarenda.com.

Click here for more information about Circle of Promise.

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