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US actor Olivia Munn reveals breast cancer diagnosis

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:498px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1710381842577olivia.jpg" style="width:950px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">US actress Olivia Munn poses during the presentation of the film &#x27;Predator&#x27; in Madrid, Spain, 04 September 2018. The film will be premiered in Spanish cinemas 14 September 2018. <em>EPA-EFE/Emilio Naranjo</em><strong id="isPasted"></strong></span></span></span></div><p>LOS ANGELES, United States - Actor Olivia Munn revealed Wednesday that she had undergone a double mastectomy after being diagnosed with breast cancer.</p><p>The &quot;X-Men: Apocalypse&quot; and &quot;The Newsroom&quot; performer took to Instagram to tell followers her news, just days after she attended the Oscars ceremony with her partner, comedian John Mulaney.</p><p>The 43-year-old said the cancer had been discovered almost a year ago after her doctor noted she was at elevated risk for the disease and suggested she undergo an additional scan, 12 months before a routine screening.</p><p>&quot;I wouldn&#x27;t have found my cancer for another year -– at my next scheduled mammogram,&quot; she told followers.</p><p>After initial tests, a biopsy was ordered.</p><p>&quot;The biopsy showed I had Luminal B cancer in both breasts. Luminal B is an aggressive, fast moving cancer,&quot; she wrote, adding that the double mastectomy was performed 30 days later.</p><p>&quot;I went from feeling completely fine one day, to waking up in a hospital bed after a 10-hour surgery the next,&quot; she wrote in a post, with photos taken apparently during her treatment.</p><p>&quot;I&#x27;m 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.&quot;</p><p>Munn walked the red carpet at Sunday&#x27;s Academy Awards ceremony in Hollywood, where Mulaney presented an Oscar, and later attended the celebrity-filled Vanity Fair after party.</p><p>Munn&#x27;s small screen credits include &quot;The Daily Show with Jon Stewart&quot; as well as a role in Aaron Sorkin&#x27;s HBO drama &quot;The Newsroom.&quot;</p><p>Her movie credits have included &quot;Magic Mike,&quot; &quot;The Predator,&quot; and &quot;Office Christmas Party.&quot;</p><div><strong>hg/amz/des</strong></div><div><strong>© Agence France-Presse</strong></div><p>FROM OUR ARCHIVES</p><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/HJSjolDKEjs?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div><div><br/></div>

<p>Actor Olivia Munn revealed Wednesday that she had undergone a double mastectomy after being diagnosed with breast cancer.</p>

Actor Olivia Munn revealed Wednesday that she had undergone a double mastectomy after being diagnosed with breast cancer.