{"id":1500,"date":"2022-10-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-10T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/upliftingstar.com\/star1015denver\/2022\/10\/10\/katie-couric-breast-cancer\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T00:33:45","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T06:33:45","slug":"katie-couric-breast-cancer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/upliftingstar.com\/star1015denver\/2022\/10\/10\/katie-couric-breast-cancer\/","title":{"rendered":"Katie Couric’s Shocking Battle With Breast Cancer (+How You Can Avoid It)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This post is sponsored by Pink Breast Centers<\/a>. This is Part 2 of a four-part series encouraging women to get screened for breast cancer in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness month. Read Part 1<\/a> or Part 3<\/a><\/em> or Part 4<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, so it\u2019s no coincidence that Katie Couric just revealed her battle with breast cancer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat\u2019s ironic is that the topic is evergreen. Always front and center in my mind as a breast radiologist is: GET A MAMMOGRAM ANNUALLY!<\/strong>,\u201d Lisa Sheppard, MD, a breast radiologist with ImageCareRadiology, shares. ImageCare has diagnostic imaging centers throughout New Jersey. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThese words may seem simple, but don\u2019t underestimate the number of women who put off their mammograms,\u201d Dr. Sheppard continues. \u201cThey procrastinate because they think it\u2019s a hassle. It hurts. They don\u2019t have time. They use every excuse in the book to not do one of the most important things in their lives \u2013 take care of their health by screening for cancer.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Are you one of these women? <\/strong>Don\u2019t be. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTake it from Katie Couric,\u201d Dr. Sheppard continues. \u201cOn June 21, 2022 \u2013 the first day of summer and her 8th wedding anniversary \u2013 she found out she had breast cancer. Katie describes herself as normally vigilant, bordering on neurotic, about taking care of her health especially because her husband died of colon cancer in 1998. But, she hadn\u2019t had a mammogram since December 2020 thanks to the pandemic \u2026 and here it was a year and a half later.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The lapse in getting a mammogram was particularly concerning because Katie has dense breasts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBecause my breasts are dense, I routinely get an additional screening using a breast ultrasound,\u201d Katie wrote on Katie Couric Media<\/a>. Her doctor noted something she wanted to check out \u2026 possibly scar tissue from a prior breast reduction \u2026 and wanted to do a biopsy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYour biopsy came back. It\u2019s cancer,\u201d Katie\u2019s doctor shared. \u201cYou\u2019re going to be fine but we need to make a plan.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Katie continued to write: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI felt sick and the room started to spin. I was in the middle of an open office, so I walked to a corner and spoke quietly, my mouth unable to keep up with the questions swirling in my head.  <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What does this mean? Will I need a mastectomy? Will I need chemo? What will the next weeks, months, even years look like?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Katie underwent a lumpectomy to remove the cancer followed by radiation and medication \u2013 an aromatase inhibitor she needs to take for five years. Take it from her: \u201cPlease get your annual mammogram. I was six months late this time. I shudder to think what might have happened if I had put it off longer. But just as importantly, please find out if you need additional screening.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI hope Katie\u2019s story inspires every woman to take care of themselves. GET A MAMMOGRAM EVERY YEAR,\u201d <\/strong>Dr. Sheppard urges. \u201cJust six months can make a difference between an early-stage diagnosis \u2013 which is a blip on someone\u2019s calendar \u2013 and a more advanced diagnosis that changes a life.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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For more information, visit PinkBreastCenters.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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