PA Survivor Champions Breast Cancer Awareness and Equity
For many, October is simply Breast Cancer Awareness Month, but for LaToya Bolds-Johnson, PA-C, CAQ-EM, the fight is year-round.
As an experienced PA who works in clinical research as a sub-investigator, she leverages her experience to advocate for awareness and equity, and recruitment of minority groups in clinical research.
A wife, a mother, a health care provider and now a breast cancer survivor, she is uniquely positioned to understand this disease from every angle — from the emergency room to the recovery room.
Bolds-Johnson was diagnosed with triple negative breast cancer in July 2021. She felt a lump in her breast but thought it was an enlarged milk gland because she had recently stopped breast-feeding. When the lump didn’t go away, her physician ordered a mammogram.