The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
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Henrietta was treated with radium for her cervical cancer. She kept her condition from her friends and family. When she finally showed a friend her torso, the friend was shocked at the black and charred condition of Henrietta’s skin. Many experts believed that the type of treatment she received was too radical.