Earlier today, actor Olivia Munnshared on Instagramher Luminal B breast cancer diagnosis.
I tested negative for all, including BRCA.
That same winter I also had a normal mammogram.
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Two months later I was diagnosed with breast cancer.
Munn gives credit to her OBGYN,Dr.
Thais Aliabadi, for catching her cancer a year before she was due for another mammogram.
It should be noted thatthe median age for diagnosisin the United States is 62.
Because Aliabadi usedThe Breast Cancer Risk Assessment Tool, also known as the Gail Method.
The biopsy showed I had Luminal B cancer in both breasts.
Luminal B is an aggressive, fast moving cancer.
Munn, who is now in recovery, ends her story with a call to action: Im lucky.
We caught it with enough time that I had options.
I want the same for any woman who might have to face this one day.
Ask your doctor to calculate your Breast Cancer Risk Assessment score.
