Jenna Fischer reveals she has undergone treatment for breast cancer

[kittenaround]

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[just444]

my mother's cancer was also found during a routine mammogram. feels like so many women are getting diagnosed lately, or maybe people are just more open to talk about it :(

[just444]

also good post OP! extra points for not falling for the new editor!

[kittenaround]

I'll admit that the pop up almost had me for a second.

[khlassique]

i feel it's a combo of better imaging and openness discussing these things- or maybe just more openness as we get older? when i hit 30 i noticed more and more of my conversations with the women in my life could veer into health territory very quickly.

[beaucadeau]

I think people are talking about it more--which is great. Turns out there were several women in my life as a kid who had lumpectomies, radiation, etc. and never shared until recently. Hell, my own mother had a benign lump in her 50s and didn't tell me until this year.

[theblackwidow]

Breast cancer rates are actually rising for women under 50.

[kamikashi]

which is kinda scary cuz i think most insurances in america only cover routine mammograms once you hit age 40. so idk that needs to change to age 35 or something.

[creative_candy]

sending all my love to your mom. i am glad people are opening up more about cancer, it needs to stop being taboo. i talk openly about mine, the more people get educated the better.

[just444]

thank you!