She’s the courageous young cancer patient who stuck in the hearts of many in our area when she first shared her journey nearly two years ago. Brittney Beadle of Taylor first talked with Newswatch 16’s Ryan Leckey shortly after being diagnosed with breast cancer and had a double mastectomy at the age of 18. A year later , in 2016, Ryan visited Brittney again when she got the good news that her cancer was in remission.