The former first lady of France opened up about her breast cancer diagnosis and why early detection was crucial for her fight.
“Surgery, radiotherapy, hormone therapy, I went through the usual treatment for this type of cancer,” she wrote of her 2019 diagnosis. “But I was lucky: my cancer was not yet aggressive.”
Bruni credited her yearly mammogram with giving her the time to treat her cancer. Without detection, she said it could have resulted in surgery to remove her breast, known as a masectomy.Bruni, who has been married to former French President Nicolas Sarkozy since 2008, said she initially resisted going public with her health concerns, calling the idea of a media spectacle “repugnant.
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