Former Rep. Jackie Speier announces breast cancer diagnosis
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(KRON) — Former U.S. Representative Jackie Speier took to X, formerly Twitter, on Thursday to announce she had been diagnosed with breast cancer.
“I have personal news that I want to share with you because we can all learn from it,” wrote the former long-time Bay Area Democratic representative. “I just became one of the 300,000 women per year who are diagnosed with breast cancer.”
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The good news, Speier said, is that her condition was diagnosed early. Speier, who formerly represented California’s 14th congressional district, said she’d undergone a successful lumpectomy on Tuesday.
“I had a mammogram in June of 2023 and was scheduled for one in June this year,” Speier said. “I almost didn’t go because of summer activities. Thank goodness I didn’t cancel.”
Speier said she was treated at UCSF, where she received “excellent care.”
“The lesson here is, please be diligent about your own screenings and don’t skip them,” she added.
Speier, a survivor of the 1978 Jonestown massacre in Guyana, was first elected to Congress in 2008 and served until 2023.
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