PUSHING FOR MAMMOGRAMS TO BE DONE AT AN EARLIER AGE. FOR WOMEN. JAY DUNCAN JUST FINISHED A DIFFICULT JOURNEY, TRAINING FOR AND COMPLETING THE BOSTON MARATHON. IT’S LIKE BEING AT THE SUPER BOWL, THE SUPER BOWL OF RUNNING. I GUESS IT WAS INSANE. SHE IS A MOTHER OF TWO AND A PUBLIC DEFENDER IN MANCHESTER. SHE SAYS RUNNING THE MARATHON FOR DANA-FARBER WAS NOTHING COMPARED TO THE LAST TWO YEARS. AFTER BEING TOLD SHE HAD BREAST CANCER, IT PALED IN COMPARISON TO THE LAST TWO YEARS, FOR SURE. SUMMER OF 22 AT THE AGE OF 41, SHE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH STAGE THREE BREAST CANCER. THEN CAME 20 WEEKS OF CHEMOTHERAPY AND UNSUCCESSFUL LUMPECTOMY, A DOUBLE MASTECTOMY AND 25 SESSIONS OF RADIATION. IT WAS A LONG ROAD. IT WAS ALMOST A FULL YEAR OF ACTIVE TREATMENT. AND THEN I’LL BE ON IN VARIOUS FORMS OF INFUSIONS AND PILLS FOR THE NEXT TEN YEARS. THE U.S. PREVENTATIVE SERVICES TASK FORCE, INCLUDING A DOCTOR FROM TUFTS, NOW SAYING WOMEN SHOULD BEGIN GETTING MAMMOGRAMS EVERY OTHER YEAR STARTING AT AGE 40, DUE TO MORE AND MORE WOMEN GETTING BREAST CANCER. THE RATE IS ABOUT 2% PER YEAR. INCREASE IN DEVELOPMENT OF BREAST CANCER. THAT TASK FORCE THINKS THEY CAN SAVE UP TO 20% MORE LIVES. WITH THIS UPDATED STRATEGY, HALF OF ALL BREAST CANCER OCCURS IN WOMEN WITH NO SPECIFIC RISK FACTORS OTHER THAN GENDER AND AGE, ACCORDING TO THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION. AND NOW IT’S PRETTY MUCH UNEQUIVOCAL THAT THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT DECREASE IN BREAST CANCER MORTALITY WITH SCREENING IN THE 40 TO 50 YEAR OLD AGE RANGE. AS FOR THE MARATHONER JAY DUNCAN RIGHT NOW, SHE SAYS THERE IS NO MORE EVIDENCE OF DISEASE. AMES WHAT’S YOUR MESSAGE TO WOMEN WHO ARE THINKING, I DON’T NEED TO GET IT YET. YOU DO GET SCREENED. GET SCREENED. DON’T FIND YOURSELF IN THE POSITION T
Olivia Munn says she had a hysterectomy amid her cancer journey: ‘It was the best decision for me’
Updated: 3:12 PM EDT May 13, 2024
Actress Olivia Munn continues to share her journey since being diagnosed with breast cancer last year.Video above: Experts recommend earlier mammogramsIn a new interview with Vogue, published Sunday, the “Newsroom” actress revealed that she recently had a hysterectomy.”I took out my uterus, fallopian tubes, and ovaries,” she said.Munn said that the procedure, which took place last month, was an alternative to taking a cancer treatment medication that was causing her to experience “next-level, debilitating exhaustion.” She said it was “a big decision to make, but it was the best decision for me because I needed to be present for my family.”The hysterectomy would improve her quality of life, but it also meant that she’d no longer be able to carry any future children. Munn and comedian John Mulaney welcomed their son, Malcom, in 2021.”John and I talked about it a lot and we don’t feel like we’re done growing our family,” she said.Munn, who had previously frozen her eggs twice in the past, said she underwent another round of egg retrieval before moving ahead with the hysterectomy, in hopes of making an embryo to use for surrogacy. When her doctor later informed the couple that they had two healthy embryos, she and Mulaney “just started crying.””It was just so exciting because not only did we get it in one retrieval, but it also meant that I didn’t have to keep putting myself at risk,” she said.Munn first revealed that she was diagnosed with a form of breast cancer known as Luminal B cancer in March. The cancer was found in both of her breasts, and Munn’s treatment included a double mastectomy.”This journey has made me realize how grateful I am to have options for not only fighting cancer,” she said, “but also having more children if we want.”
Actress Olivia Munn continues to share her journey since being diagnosed with breast cancer last year.
Video above: Experts recommend earlier mammograms
In a new interview with Vogue, published Sunday, the “Newsroom” actress revealed that she recently had a hysterectomy.
“I took out my uterus, fallopian tubes, and ovaries,” she said.
Munn said that the procedure, which took place last month, was an alternative to taking a cancer treatment medication that was causing her to experience “next-level, debilitating exhaustion.” She said it was “a big decision to make, but it was the best decision for me because I needed to be present for my family.”
The hysterectomy would improve her quality of life, but it also meant that she’d no longer be able to carry any future children. Munn and comedian John Mulaney welcomed their son, Malcom, in 2021.
“John and I talked about it a lot and we don’t feel like we’re done growing our family,” she said.
Munn, who had previously frozen her eggs twice in the past, said she underwent another round of egg retrieval before moving ahead with the hysterectomy, in hopes of making an embryo to use for surrogacy. When her doctor later informed the couple that they had two healthy embryos, she and Mulaney “just started crying.”
“It was just so exciting because not only did we get it in one retrieval, but it also meant that I didn’t have to keep putting myself at risk,” she said.
Munn first revealed that she was diagnosed with a form of breast cancer known as Luminal B cancer in March. The cancer was found in both of her breasts, and Munn’s treatment included a double mastectomy.
“This journey has made me realize how grateful I am to have options for not only fighting cancer,” she said, “but also having more children if we want.”
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