Doctor encourages women to use the breast cancer risk assessment [Video]

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Actress Olivia Munn is going public after being diagnosed last year with an aggressive form of breast cancer and undergoing a double mastectomy.

Actress Olivia Munn co-starred in the HBO drama ‘The Newsroom’.

She is now raising awareness about a breast cancer risk assessment tool that is saving lives. 

Munn said she would not have found the cancer for at least another year if her doctor did not calculate her risk assessment score. 

This is something doctors here at Novant Health said they’ve been doing for 20 years. 

Doctor Judith Hopkins is the co-leader of Novant Health’s breast cancer program. 

She said all patients are offered a risk assessment who are getting a mammogram if they want it. 

The score is based on a woman’s family history, the results of a prior breast biopsy, and the age when a woman has her first period and first child.

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