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Olivia Munn, 43, diagnosed with breast cancer, reveals she underwent double mastectomy

  2024-04-07 pagesixFrancesca Bacardi45890
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Olivia Munn announced Wednesday that she was diagnosed with breast cancer in April 2023 and underwent a double mastectom

Olivia Munn, 43, diagnosed with breast cancer, reveals she underwent double mastectomy

Olivia Munn announced Wednesday that she was diagnosed with breast cancer in April 2023 and underwent a double mastectomy shortly thereafter.

The “Newsroom” alum, 43, explained that she and her sister Sara Potts tested negative for the BRCA gene — the most well-known gene to cause cancer — and her mammogram came back clear, but her doctor decided to calculate her Breast Cancer Risk Assessment Score just in case.

“The fact that she did saved my life,” Munn wrote in a lengthy statement shared on Instagram, noting that her lifetime risk was 37 percent.

Olivia Munn lying in a hospital bed
Olivia Munn revealed she was diagnosed with breast cancer. oliviamunn/Instagram
olivia munn in a hospital bed with her mom hugging her.
She underwent a double mastectomy. oliviamunn/Instagram
Olivia Munn crying in a hospital bed next to her mom
The actress shared that she has had 4 surgeries over the course of 10 months. oliviamunn/Instagram

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Her doctor prompted the actress to go for an MRI, then an ultrasound and finally a biopsy that confirmed she had Luminal B cancer in both breasts, which is an “aggressive, fast moving cancer.”

Munn underwent a double mastectomy 30 days later and has gone through four surgeries total over the past 10 months.

“I went from feeling completely fine one day, to waking up in a hospital bed after a 10-hour surgery the next,” she wrote. “I’m lucky. We caught it with enough time that I had options.”

olivia munn lying in hospital bed
“I went from feeling completely fine one day, to waking up in a hospital bed after a 10-hour surgery the next,” she wrote on Instagram. oliviamunn/Instagram
olivia munn getting mammogram
Her exact diagnosis was Luminal B cancer in both breasts, which is an aggressive form of the disease. oliviamunn/Instagram
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She credited her partner, John Mulaney, for his support. oliviamunn/Instagram
f<i></i>ramed photo of john mulaney and his son malcolm on a hospital table
“For being there before I went into each surgery and being there when I woke up, always placing framed photos of our little boy Malcolm so it would be the first thing I saw when I opened my eyes.” oliviamunn/Instagram

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The “X-Men: Apocalypse” star credited her family, friends and partner, John Mulaney, for their support throughout her cancer journey.

“I’m so thankful to John for the nights he spent researching what every operation and medication meant and what side effects and recovery I could expect,” she continued.

“For being there before I went into each surgery and being there when I woke up, always placing framed photos of our little boy Malcolm so it would be the first thing I saw when I opened my eyes.”

john mulaney, olivia munn and their son malcolm
The comedian and Munn have been together for three years. Oliviamunn/Instagram
john mulaney and olivia munn
They attended the Vanity Fair Oscars party together Sunday. FilmMagic

Munn concluded her message by thanking her physicians, the staff at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles and Providence Saint John’s Health Center in Santa Monica, Calif., calling her OBGYN, Dr. Thaïs Aliabadi, her “guardian angel.”

The “Attack of the Show!” star and the “Saturday Night Live” alum, 41, have been together for three years following his split from ex-wife Anna Marie Tendler.

Munn and Mulaney finally made their red carpet debut in January and most recently attended the Vanity Fair Oscars party Sunday.

(By/Francesca Bacardi)
 
 
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