Katie Couric, Recently Treated for Breast cancer

Katie Couric revealed on Wednesday that she had been diagnosed with breast cancer

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And that the tumor had been removed this summer through surgery and radiation therapy.

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In an article posted on her website, Couric, who had a colon cancer test in 2000, disclosed her diagnosis.

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Moreover, In her article, expresses the hope that it might inspire other women to get examined.

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Jay Monahan, Couric's first husband, passed away from colon cancer in 1998 at the age of 41.

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When Emily, her sister passed away from pancreatic cancer in 2001, she was 54 years old.

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Why would I be spared, Couric asked and wrote in an article?

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She intended to share her mammography and breast biopsy video with her followers.

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She had a lumpectomy on July 14 and started receiving radiotherapy on September 7.

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