Doctors are testing a new way to ease the painful side effects of radiation for breast cancer patients.

Penny Cecil said she was stunned when she was diagnosed with breast cancer a year ago.

"I had no problems. No pain. No lumps. Nothing," said Cecil.

She said the discovery was made in a routine mammogram.

Cecil said she was determined to survive for the sake of her daughter.

"I just couldn't imagine her going through life without her mother," said Cecil.

Cecil had a lumpectomy and radiation, but doctors offered something else. A way to prevent the burning and pain that comes with radiation.



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