American journalist and documentary filmmaker Katie Couric has announced that she has breast cancer. The one who was the anchor of the television bulletin Todayon the airwaves NBC, for fifteen years wants his personal story to encourage women to have a mammogram.
Posted at 12:13 p.m.
“Every two minutes, a woman is diagnosed with breast cancer in the United States. On June 21, I became one of them,” Katie Couric wrote on Instagram.
As October, Breast Cancer Awareness Month, approaches, the journalist decided to share her experiences over the past few weeks on her website and appeal to women: “Please come your annual mammogram. I was six months late this time. I shudder when I imagine what could have happened if I had waited any longer. »