Just 39 years old. Desperately sad news,

For any ladies reading it's worth doing a 23andme.com test to see if you have the BRCA 1 and 2 mutations. Knowledge is power.

"About 13% of women in the general population will develop breast cancer sometime during their lives (1). By contrast, 55%–72% of women who inherit a harmful BRCA1 variant and 45%–69% of women who inherit a harmful BRCA2 variant will develop breast cancer in their lifetime."