How it took Olivia Munn THREE TIMES to get correct cancer diagnosis – after mammogram and genetic tests came back negative… and the doctor who finally got it right [Video]

17:27 EDT 13 Mar 2024 , updated 18:18 EDT 13 Mar 2024

Olivia Munn has credited her doctor for ‘saving her life’ after spotting her breast cancer – which was missed by a genetic test and mammogram.

The actress, 43, revealed Wednesday that she was diagnosed with the disease just two months after being given the all-clear from a mammogram and DIY genetic testing, which claimed to detect 90 genes linked to cancer.

However, when her OBGYN calculated her disease risk, partly based on her family history of the disease, she feared that Munn had one in three chance of developing the disease and sent her for further testing. 

That led to Munn being diagnosed with luminal B breast cancer in both breasts at an early stage. She was then given a double mastectomy to prevent the cancer from spreading to other parts of the body, when it becomes deadly.

Doctors told DailyMail.com that while mammograms are considered the gold-standard for …