Overview
- Lucy Liu recounts in a People interview that a breast lump in the 1990s was labeled cancer and led to surgery.
- She says the doctor made the diagnosis by feel without ordering a mammogram or an ultrasound.
- Pathology after the operation showed the lump was benign.
- Liu now urges patients to seek second opinions and to keep up with routine screening.
- She frames the episode as a lesson and is promoting early detection through Pfizer’s Every Breakthrough Matters campaign.