“4 years ago I was diagnosed with breast cancer.“. Without a word, in a video posted on her official account, the 55-year-old singer-model parades signs. With the song “Cancer” performed by Stromae as background music, Nicolas Sarkozy’s wife reveals having been diagnosed positive for breast cancer.
On the occasion of Pink October dedicated to the breast cancer detection campaign, Carla Bruni presents on camera, in front of a wall of photos, her journey against the disease and the need to be screened.
“Have your mammograms every year”
“Surgery, radiotherapy, hormonal therapy, I follow the usual path to treat this type of cancer. But I was lucky: my cancer was not yet aggressive“, she explains.
And to continue: “Why was this cancer not aggressive? It’s because he didn’t have time to become one… because every year on the same date, I have a mammogram. If I hadn’t done this every year, I wouldn’t have a left breast today.”
“If I am making this post it is not to give you details of my health. This disgusts me and I hesitated for a long time before speaking“, adds the ex-model. Silent about her fight since 2019, she decided to speak to deliver a single message”fundamental for all women who read me: have your mammograms every year“.
When to do a mammogram?
As the Health Insurance website explains, mammography is an x-ray of the breasts which uses low-dose X-rays. She looks for radiological abnormalities in favor of possible breast cancer.
It may be offered: during an organized breast cancer screening campaign (screening every 2 years between ages 50 and 74), by your doctor for closer individual screening, after the discovery of an anomaly during a clinical examination of the breasts, as part of surveillance, after treatment for breast cancer.