Dignity Health | St. Rose Dominican | Reach | Fall 2018

8 StRoseHospitals.org Maria Contreras has faced cancer— numerous times. She hasn’t let it stop her, and she hasn’t done it alone. Strength to carry on In 2005, Maria Contreras first learned she had breast cancer. “Breast cancer does not run in my family,” says Maria. “So it was a real surprise when I was diagnosed with it.” After her treatment, Maria was cancer-free for seven years—until 2012, when breast cancer came back. She was treated again, including having a lumpectomy. In 2016, she was diagnosed with breast cancer a third time. That’s when her doctor told her about St. Rose Dominican’s R.E.D. Rose program.