Yaël Braun-Pivet was diagnosed with breast cancer three years ago

The President of the National Assembly declared that she was diagnosed with breast cancer three years ago “as part of a traditional screening” and was “cured” today. The elected official insisted on the importance of screening, recommended every two years for women aged 50 to 74.

The President of the National Assembly, Yaël Braun-Pivet, revealed this Friday January 10 that she was diagnosed with breast cancer “just three years ago”.

In an interview with the media Mesdames, she declared: “I had breast cancer which was detected as part of traditional screening which allowed me to catch it early and be able to have surgery, radiotherapy and follow-up behind it. “. MP Renaissance adds that she is “cured” today.

“Like for them (women who are diagnosed with cancer, Editor’s note), it was a bolt from the blue in my life. No one is prepared to have cancer,” she says on X. “Like them , I lived with the uncertainty of the diagnosis, the anxiety of the operation, the wait for the analysis results, the daily life of the treatments.”

She emphasizes the importance of screening. “Breast cancer, colon cancer, cervical cancer…: don’t wait any longer!”, she writes.

The 54-year-old says she is “doing well” now and is on hormone therapy. Hormone therapy consists of preventing the stimulating action of female hormones on cancer cells.

A cancer that affects one in eight women

Yaël Braun-Pivet had already spoken out in recent years about this disease, without mentioning her personal case, during the Pink October campaign to invite women to get tested. “Fighting breast cancer means firstly campaigning for regular screening, for all women regardless of their age – and for generalized screening every two years for all those over 50,” declared -she as part of this campaign in October 2023 for example.

Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women in France (as in the European Union and the United States), according to the National Cancer Institute. One in eight women develop breast cancer during their lifetime, according to Health Insurance, which emphasizes that detected early, it is cured in nine out of 10 cases. 80% of breast cancers develop after the age of 50, d ‘after the National Cancer Institute website.

Screening is recommended every two years for women aged 50 to 74, without symptoms or personal and family history. This is a mammogram, 100% covered by Health Insurance.