Actress Olivia Munn in 2018
Actress Olivia Munn had no signs of breast cancer, not even in her mammographs. A rapid assessment of lifelong risk led to a diagnosis of breast cancer in stadium 1 at the age of 43. You are never “too cautious” when it comes to screenings, says the actress.
Throughout life, the actress Olivia Munn did everything that was within your reach to be proactive in cancer detection Yes Mom.
Their mammograms, ultrasounds and genetic tests for cancer -associated mutations all negative resultstells the.
One day, your gynecologist in Beverly Hills, Thaïs Aliabadihe asked him only one question: he knew what his result was in the evaluation of the lifelong risk?
The 45 -year -old actress, who played “Sloan Sabbith” The Newsroom and “Psylocke” in X-Men: Apocalypsethen decided to perform a 2 -minute test that evaluates risk factors such as family history and date of the first menstruation. Found that he had 37% risk of developing breast cancer.
Munn decided to make a magnetic resonance imaginga more effective for women with greater breast densitylike her.
“I remember the radiologist said Why are you here? It’s too young to make a magnetic resonance imaging‘”Munn recently said in the podcast with Aliabadi.“ The doctor was surprised that I know what my lifelong risk assessment was, ”recalls the actress.
Resonance results were not friendly. 43 years old, Munn was diagnosed with Breast Cancer in Stadium 1and had to be subjected to a double mastectomy.
The same assessment led to Your mother, Kim Munnwere it too diagnosed and treated by breast cancer in stadium 1in July 2025.
The experience taught the munn that You are never “too cautious” When it comes to cancer tracks. “Cancer wants us to be too busy“, These.
“We want to detect cancer when it’s still in our backyard. We don’t want to detect it at the door… and we definitely don’t want to wait until it’s put in our bed, ”warns the actress.
Take the quick test if you are over 25 years old
There are some different models of breast cancer risk assessment throughout life, and all take only a few minutes to complete.
It asks eight basic questions, including the patient’s age and family history. It is a little more detailed, with questions about ovary cancer history or use of replacement hormonal therapy.
In 2023, the American College of Radiology reduced the recommended age for lifelong risk screening to 25 years or more.
In Portugal, where one in eight women risks breast cancer, the age of the screening was last year to all women From the age of 45.
“The screening of breast cancer It is not a prevention screening of the disease. That’s what we call a secondary screening of the earliest diagnosis possiblel of the disease, because we want to treat women who unfortunately suffer from breast cancer as early as possible, ”he said at the time the Secretary of State for Health, ANA PEOPLE.
“ Watch the risk of breast cancer in the same way that is known what the blood pressure or the blood sugar level“, Warns Olivia Munn.” It’s something completely normal. “
