Two Rhode Island women and their doctors share their stories NEWPORT – Two years after she learned she had breast cancer, Amber Derrick Schoeller can laugh about the day it was diagnosed: Saint Patrick’s Day, 2023.  She was 37 years old. “My dad calls me lucky now,” said Schoeller, now 39. “It’s a big joke! He’ll say, ‘hey, Amber, can you go get me a scratch ticket?’ ” That is now. But what followed her diagnosis was a course of treatment that devastated not only her body but her mind — and drew her husband and family into a crisis … Continue reading Women under 40 are experiencing increased rates of breast cancer