While current statistics indicate that nearly one in nine women will get breast cancer at some point in their lives, a child getting breast cancer is virtually unheard of. However, in La Mirada, California, a 10-year-old girl is battling the disease and may be the youngest to have ever developed breast cancer.

Just last month, Hannah Powell-Auslam learned of her diagnosis. She told reporters that when she learned of her diagnosis, she wondered:

"'How could this happen? I'm ten.' I was really shocked."

Hannah discovered a lump, and doctors then did an ultrasound and discovered a tumor that spanned nearly two inches. She was diagnosed with secretory carcinoma, a slow-growing cancer.

At the age of ten, Hannah has a mastectomy. But now her doctor says that the cancer has spread to a lymph node, which will require more surgery or chemotherapy. Radiation, however, is out of the question because her breasts are still developing.

So far, Hannah has remained upbeat throughout the entire ordeal. She vows:

"I'm going to set an example. If there's something wrong with your body, you tell your parents."

Her mother, Carrie Auslam, appeared on The Early Show on Tuesday to tell her daughter's story. Her parents have also set up a website, OurLittleSweetPea.com.