After she received a false negative mammogram, actress Olivia Newton-John says she “knew immediately that something was wrong,” in a new video. “I don’t say this to scare women, but you have to just trust your instincts.”
estimates that 20 percent of mammograms are false negatives, which can contribute to a delay in treatment and a false sense of security for some.
Newton-John, however, “knew immediately that something was wrong,” she says in the video. “I don’t say this to scare women, but you have to just trust your instincts.” She describes meeting with her surgeon, who then did a surgical biopsy. Surgical biopsies, which experts often recommend when other diagnostic methods are inconclusive or there’s reason to think more investigation is necessary, involve an incision to access the suspicious area of cells, according to the. In Newton-John’s case, her surgeon found breast cancer in her right breast, removed the lump, and sent her to an oncologist.
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