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\n Related: <\/span>Amanda Peet Reveals Breast Cancer Diagnosis Amid Parents’ Hospice Care<\/span><\/a>
\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n\t\t\tAmanda Peet has been diagnosed with breast cancer. \u201cFor many years, I\u2019ve been told that I have \u2018dense\u2019 and \u2018busy\u2019 breasts \u2014 not as a compliment but as a warning that they require extra monitoring,\u201d Peet wrote in a New Yorker essay published Saturday, March 21, revealing she was diagnosed \u201clast fall.\u201d \u201cI had been [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\u201cGoing to read now!!\u201d Naomi Watts<\/strong> wrote in the comments section, while Rose Byrne<\/strong> revealed that she already \u201cread [the essay] this morning\u201d and found the prose to be \u201cso extraordinary.\u201d<\/p>\nAli Wentworth<\/strong>, for her part, added, \u201cIt\u2019s a beautifully written piece. All too familiar. Give Amanda a huge hug for me!\u201d<\/p>\nIn her essay, Peet, 54, revealed that she was diagnosed with stage I breast cancer <\/span><\/a>\u201clast fall\u201d while both her parents were in hospice care.<\/p>\n\u201cFor many years, I\u2019ve been told that I have \u2018dense\u2019 and \u2018busy\u2019 breasts \u2014 not as a compliment but as a warning that they require extra monitoring,\u201d the Your Friends and Neighbors <\/i>star wrote. \u201cI had been seeing a breast surgeon every six months for checkups. The Friday before Labor Day, I went for what I thought would be a routine scan.\u201d<\/p>\n
Peet\u2019s physician subsequently told her that she \u201cdidn\u2019t like the way something looked on the ultrasound\u201d and requested that the actress undergo a biopsy. Two tumors, one of which was benign, were visible on one breast<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThank You!<\/h3>\n
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Ali Wentworth<\/strong>, for her part, added, \u201cIt\u2019s a beautifully written piece. All too familiar. Give Amanda a huge hug for me!\u201d<\/p>\n In her essay, Peet, 54, revealed that she was diagnosed with stage I breast cancer <\/span><\/a>\u201clast fall\u201d while both her parents were in hospice care.<\/p>\n \u201cFor many years, I\u2019ve been told that I have \u2018dense\u2019 and \u2018busy\u2019 breasts \u2014 not as a compliment but as a warning that they require extra monitoring,\u201d the Your Friends and Neighbors <\/i>star wrote. \u201cI had been seeing a breast surgeon every six months for checkups. The Friday before Labor Day, I went for what I thought would be a routine scan.\u201d<\/p>\n Peet\u2019s physician subsequently told her that she \u201cdidn\u2019t like the way something looked on the ultrasound\u201d and requested that the actress undergo a biopsy. Two tumors, one of which was benign, were visible on one breast<\/a>.<\/p>\n You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\nThank You!<\/h3>\n
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