# @newsday on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DZfsUxTiUQQ
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- **Posted:** 2026-06-12T18:03:24.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Newsday • Long Island News (@newsday) — https://gondola.cc/newsday

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Christina Mathieson-Segura was still reeling from the news that she had breast cancer when she met Dr. Melissa Fana, a breast surgical oncologist, who made her a promise.

"She said ‘When you walk out of here, you’re going to take that worry and that fear and you’re going to leave it in my hands,’ " Mathieson-Segura recalled. " ‘And I promise this year is going to be a speed bump in your life. You are going to come out of this and be fine.’ "

"I could feel she cared about me as a person and I wasn't just a number on file," Mathieson-Segura, 61, of Bethpage, said. "She always really just loved on us — all of her patients."

Fana, 48, died on April 16 after a battle with lymphoma, leaving a legacy of compassion and care across Long Island.

Read the full obituary in the link in bio. (Photo credit: Fana family)
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