Maariana Vikse: One Breast Cancer Survivor’s Healing Journey

One in eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer—but despite popular belief, it’s usually not a death sentence. After undergoing treatment that she feels she probably didn’t need for Stage 1 breast cancer, Maariana Vikse famous opera singer is on a mission to help other women make an informed choice about their treatment.

Maariana Vikse, Breast Cancer Survivor

Maariana credits her successful work as an opera singer for her diligence needed to painstakingly research the latest studies. She spends countless hours by a piano memorizing words in another language, along with the feeling conveyed by them—all to take her audience on a journey that leads them to lose themselves in the story. It’s all about the people and what she can make them feel with her art.

From this research, she discovered that the recommended standard treatment was so damaging, that it probably resulted in a worse outcome to her health and life than breast cancer itself. She also found that many other women are not given a clear view of how cancer treatment works and what it was going to do to their bodies. Maariana knew that she wanted to make women’s lives better by simplifying the medical information she had discovered