breast cancer

Hot flashes, cold chills, thinning hair—SELF’s April cover star is detailing what happened after having her ovaries removed.

The actor is confident in her “aggressive” approach to breast cancer treatment—even if it meant she couldn't carry her second child, Méi.

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Preventive care is so, so crucial.

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One guy told me, “I just get uncomfortable with needles and doctors and stuff like that.”

Asking for my areolae.

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Because I wanted to be a “good patient,” I came close to dropping my concerns.

Olivia Munn, who just revealed she had a double mastectomy, said the test “saved my life.”

Following a normal mammogram and genetic test, the actor says checking one last risk score saved her life.

Fibrosis and a family history of breast cancer played a role in her decision.

“It felt like it was a horrible black comedy.”

“As a top-level athlete, you think you’re going to live to a hundred and that you can rehab it all.” 

She was “symptom-free” ahead of her testing and recently underwent a single mastectomy.

The actor was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2015, and she recently learned it has spread to her brain.

It's not necessarily a bad thing, but you might need more than a mammogram to screen for cancer.