In a new interview, American actress Olivia Munn opens up about her fight against breast cancer. The opportunity for her to reveal that she had to undergo two new heavy interventions.
According to figures from the site, Santé Publique France, the cancer rate among women increased by 0.9% between 1990 and 2023. Thus, while Kate Middleton announced at the beginning of the year that she had cancer, American actress Olivia Munn revealed last March that she had breast cancer.
Known for her career in cinema, the 43-year-old actress has declared that she has been suffering from “aggressive” and “rapidly progressing” breast cancer for 10 months already. On Instagram, the mother of a three-year-old boy also explained having undergone a double mastectomy last year.
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Olivia Munn suffering from breast cancer: the actress decided to publicize her fight
The pretty brunette then confides in the discovery of her illness. We then learn that it all begins in April 2023 when two months after a normal control mammogram and a battery of more than 90 negative genetic tests, her gynecologist still decides to calculate her risks of breast cancer based on several factors, including her age, late motherhood as well as his family history of cancer. To support her testimony, the mother published several photos of herself in a hospital bed. “I hope that by sharing this it will help others find comfort, inspiration and support for their own journey” she declared to break the taboo around the disease.
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Since Olivia Munn obtains a result of 37% risk, his doctor asked him to have an MRI, ultrasounds and a biopsy. It was there that the actress was diagnosed with “aggressive and rapid” luminal B breast cancer, which she unfortunately would not have discovered until her next mammogram, a year later.
Olivia Munn undergoes emergency surgery
Only a month after his diagnosis, Olivia Munn underwent biopsy and double mastectomy. In less than a year, the young mother underwent four surgeries. Despite the violence of the process, the actress expresses her enthusiasm.
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” I was lucky. We found out early enough that I could have options. I wish the same for any woman who might face the same problem one day. Ask your doctor to calculate your breast cancer risk rate.” she said to raise awareness among other women.
Olivia Munn opens up about two other major operations
After the first operations, Olivia Munn was weakened by powerful homornal treatment. So she asked her doctors if there was an alternative to medication, which led to a fifth surgery. A phase that she confides in for the first time in an interview given to the magazine Vogue this Sunday May 12, 2024.
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“I have now had an oophorectomy and a hysterectomy. I had my uterus, fallopian tubes and ovaries removed. It happened last month” she declared. A choice that she did not take lightly because this operation meant that she would never be able to have children again. The actress explains, however, that she had no choice because she absolutely had to eliminate all the hormones from her body in order to prevent her cancer from returning.
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