The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

How did Henrietta respond to the treatment she received at Johns Hopkins for cancer?

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Henrietta was surprised to learn that the radiation treatments had made her infertile. Records indicated that she had been informed of this effect before she began treatment, but Henrietta said she wouldn’t have agreed to them had she been told that it would end her child-bearing years.