Olivia Munn reveals mother's breast cancer battle
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Breast cancer remains the number one diagnosed cancer in women in the United States, other than skin cancer, according to the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO). If you're concerned about breast cancer affecting you or someone close to you, this ...
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Olivia Munn has for more than a year been speaking out about the importance of a breast cancer risk assessment test that helped lead to her diagnosis in 2023, and she has now shared that that very same test also led to her mother’s breast cancer diagnosis.
Overall, this suggests that the cumulative risk of breast cancer before age 55 for women taking estrogen/progestin is about 4.5%, compared with 4.1% among women who never used hormone therapy and 3.6% for those who used unopposed estrogen therapy, researchers said.
"Bachelorette" alum Katie Thurston, who revealed her breast cancer diagnosis in February, received "amazing news" following three months of treatment.
The questionnaire on the National Cancer Institute's website estimates lifetime risk and five-year risk based on factors known to increase the likelihood of a woman developing breast cancer.