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Olivia Munn announced on Instagram that she was diagnosed with breast cancer. The 43-year-old actor wrote in a message to his fans: “I hope that sharing this helps others find comfort, inspiration and support in their own journey.”
“I wouldn’t have found my cancer for another year, at my next scheduled mammogram, except that my OB-GYN, Dr. Thaïs Aliabadi, decided to calculate my breast cancer risk assessment score. The fact that he did it saved my life,” Munn added in a statement. “Dr. Aliabadi looked at factors like my age, my family history of breast cancer, and the fact that I had my first child after age 30. He found that my lifetime risk was 37%. Because of that score, I “They sent me for an MRI, which led to an ultrasound, which then led to a biopsy. The biopsy showed I had Luminal B cancer in both breasts. Luminal B is an aggressive, fast-moving cancer.”
Munn revealed that she underwent a double mastectomy 30 days after her biopsy.
“I went from feeling completely fine one day to waking up in a hospital bed after a 10-hour surgery the next day,” he wrote. “I’m lucky. We caught him with enough time so he had options. I want the same for any woman who has to face this one day. Ask your doctor to calculate your breast cancer risk assessment score. Dr. Aliabadi says that if the number is greater than 20%, annual mammograms and breast MRIs are needed starting at age 30.”
Munn’s professional career began at the G4 gaming network, where she hosted “Attack of the Show!” for almost four years. She jumped to “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart” as a correspondent for a year and then began acting in films and television series, including Aaron Sorkin’s HBO drama series “The Newsroom.” Her film credits include “Magic Mike,” “The Predator,” “Office Christmas Party” and “X-Men: Apocalypse.”
Munn said she is “so grateful to my friends and family for loving me through all of this. I am very grateful to John (Mulaney) for the nights he spent researching what each operation and medication meant and what side effects and recovery he could expect. For being there before I went into every surgery and being there when I woke up.”
Read Munn’s full statement in the Instagram post below.