She is now undergoing hormone therapy: Diagnosed with breast cancer three years ago, Braun-Pivet calls on women to get screened

She is now undergoing hormone therapy: Diagnosed with breast cancer three years ago, Braun-Pivet calls on women to get screened
She is now undergoing hormone therapy: Diagnosed with breast cancer three years ago, Braun-Pivet calls on women to get screened

The President of the National Assembly, Yaël Braun-Pivet, revealed that she was diagnosed with breast cancer three years ago during a routine examination, and is now undergoing hormone therapy, calling on women to get tested.

Yaël Braun-Pivet revealed that she was diagnosed with breast cancer three years ago during a routine examination, and is now undergoing hormone therapy, calling on women to get screened. (Archive photo)

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“Today, I am doing well”, writes on “I am under hormonal therapy and I am followed regularly by a team of caregivers who throughout this process have been tremendously committed and dedicated,” she explains.

“In 2022, in the series of New Year’s resolutions, I said to myself: ‘come on, I’m going now’. I made an appointment for a mammogram… and it was on this occasion that my cancer was detected,” she says, speaking of a “bolt of thunder in (her) life”.

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While breast cancer is “the leading cause of cancer mortality among women”, “nearly one in two women do not undergo the screening to which they are entitled every two years”, underlines the Renaissance MP for . of Ladies. “All women must do this screening,” she insists.

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