From the archives: This story was last updated in November 2019.
For many couples who have just been dating, a cancer diagnosis could put a big hold on the relationship if not scuttle it entirely. It’s hard to know how long a person will need treatment and what the future might hold. So when Jillian Hanson found out in July 2017 that she had stage 1 breast cancer, everything was up in the air, including her relationship with boyfriend Max Allegretti.
Photo courtesy of Jillian Allegretti
