Overview
- Polizzi, in a Thursday Good Morning America interview, said she plans a hysterectomy after being diagnosed with Stage I cervical cancer.
- She said a PET scan found no spread of the disease, and doctors advised surgery that will likely spare her ovaries with lymph nodes evaluated as needed.
- The reality star described years of abnormal Pap results and admitted delaying follow-ups, then underwent a colposcopy and cone biopsy that revealed cancer.
- She spoke about her fear and her children asking if she was dying, while noting strong support from her husband and Jersey Shore castmates.
- Cervical cancer is often linked to HPV and is highly preventable and treatable when caught early through Pap and HPV screening, with hysterectomy often curative in early-stage cases.