Sen. Klobuchar reveals that she was diagnosed with breast cancer earlier this year and has received successful treatment for it.
Klobuchar said she underwent treatment and "at this point my doctors believe that my chances of developing cancer again are no greater than the average person."
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., speaks during a town hall at Nashua Community College in Nashua, New Hampshire on Oct. 25, 2019.WASHINGTON — Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., revealed Thursday that she was diagnosed with breast cancer earlier this year and has received successful treatment for it.
In February, doctors at the Mayo Clinic discovered small white spots called calcifications during a routine mammogram, and a biopsy determined Klobuchar had"stage 1A breast cancer,” the senator wrote inKlobuchar, 61, said she"had a lumpectomy on the right breast which involved the removal of the cancer.” After a course of radiation treatment in May and additional follow-up visits, doctors determined last month that"the treatment went well,” she said.
The senator said that like many others, she had delayed routine examinations because of the pandemic. “Studies have found that thousands of people who missed their mammogram due to the pandemic may be living with undetected breast cancer,” she said, adding that she hopes her situation “is a reminder for everyone of the value of routine health checkups, exams, and follow-through.”
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