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Lucy Liu Reveals 1990s Breast Cancer Misdiagnosis

Her account turns a past scare into a call for patient self‑advocacy.

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.