An uptick in breast cancer cases among young people prompts Jacksonville woman to share her story [Video]

Doctors are seeing an increase in young people getting breast cancer.

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Research shows a 20% increase in breast cancer diagnoses among women born in 1990 compared to those born in 1955, according to the American Cancer Society.

It’s a reality, Heather Hutto, 31, knows too well.

“I just slid my hand across my cheek and I felt a little lump on the breast,” Hutto said. “I know my body and I was able to determine this is not normal.”

Hutto was diagnosed with positive invasive ductal carcinoma at 28 years old. Her doctor said it was stage 1B.

“I asked my gynecologist if she was gonna tell my parents if she was gonna call them and tell them that– because I couldn’t tell them,” Hutto said.

Her only family history is on her dad’s side of the family. Her aunt …