{"id":111114,"date":"2024-10-06T16:46:45","date_gmt":"2024-10-06T09:46:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=111114"},"modified":"2024-10-06T16:46:45","modified_gmt":"2024-10-06T09:46:45","slug":"former-e-news-host-recalls-the-whiplash-of-rare-aggressive-breast-cancer-diagnosis-at-43","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=111114","title":{"rendered":"Former E! News host recalls the \u2018whiplash\u2019 of rare, aggressive breast cancer diagnosis at 43"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"caas-figure\">\n<div class=\"caas-figure-with-pb\" style=\"max-height: 621px\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"caas-img-container\" style=\"padding-bottom:50%\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"caas-img has-preview\" alt=\"Kristina Guerrero shared her experience with breast cancer to raise awareness of the importance of undergoing screening mammograms. (Courtesy Kristina Guerrero)\" bad-src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/nIyBcd0z3hQR5.N9kapXYw--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTEyNDI7aD02MjE-\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/aol_the_today_show_594\/21ba9764135ec26610fd54d84ee37cae\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/nIyBcd0z3hQR5.N9kapXYw--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTEyNDI7aD02MjE-\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/aol_the_today_show_594\/21ba9764135ec26610fd54d84ee37cae\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><figcaption class=\"caption-collapse\">Kristina Guerrero shared her experience with breast cancer to raise awareness of the importance of undergoing screening mammograms.<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>After a routine mammogram in late 2022, Kristina Guerrero received a call for follow-up tests because doctors thought they spotted a cyst in her breast. She did not have a family history of breast cancer, so she suspected the mass was scar tissue from a previous surgery.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI never anticipated that breast cancer was necessarily going to be a part of my story,\u201d the former E! News host tells TODAY.com. \u201cIt didn\u2019t run in my family. I didn\u2019t know anybody with breast cancer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Weeks passed as Guerrero, now 44, waited for her results, and that delay gave her a false sense that she was healthy. But then she received a call from her doctor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe reason it had taken so long was because it was a very rare form of breast cancer called angiosarcoma,\u201d she explains. \u201cThey had to send it out for second and third and fourth opinions before they finally recognized that this was a very rare, aggressive cancer.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Routine screening leads to early diagnosis<\/h2>\n<p>As a journalist, Guerrero often covered stories about breast cancer and encouraged viewers to undergo regular mammograms as part of breast cancer awareness month in October. When she turned 40, she knew it was important to follow the advice she gave others and started regularly undergoing screening.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"caas-figure\">\n<div class=\"caas-figure-with-pb\" style=\"max-height: 1811px\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"caas-img-container caas-img-loader portrait\" style=\"padding-bottom:146%\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"caas-img caas-lazy has-preview\" alt=\"Kristina Guerrero didn't know anyone with breast cancer and did not have a family history of it. Still, she was diligent about getting a mammogram and it helped find her aggressive breast cancer early. (Courtesy Kristina Guerrero)\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/ScRs0.Oer9MchQqKQsVXiw--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTEyNDI7aD0xODEx\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/aol_the_today_show_594\/b2780b0306a1a5b449136e65b18cb6f8\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Kristina Guerrero didn't know anyone with breast cancer and did not have a family history of it. Still, she was diligent about getting a mammogram and it helped find her aggressive breast cancer early. (Courtesy Kristina Guerrero)\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/ScRs0.Oer9MchQqKQsVXiw--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTEyNDI7aD0xODEx\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/aol_the_today_show_594\/b2780b0306a1a5b449136e65b18cb6f8\" class=\"caas-img\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><figcaption class=\"caption-collapse\">Kristina Guerrero didn&#8217;t know anyone with breast cancer and did not have a family history of it. Still, she was diligent about getting a mammogram and it helped find her aggressive breast cancer early.<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u201cEvery October that came around, it was like, \u2018Make sure that you go get your mammograms,\u2019\u201d she says. \u201cI tried to do it around my birthday, just as a gift to myself.\u201d\u00a0After she had a mammogram in 2022, she received a call asking her to come in for more tests, which included a biopsy. She was surprised but assumed it had to do with the fact that she has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.today.com\/health\/what-are-dense-breasts-fda-wants-women-know-about-breast-t151225\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:dense breasts;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">dense breasts<\/a>, which can make it harder for mammograms to detect cancer. So, she wasn&#8217;t too worried about the follow-ups.<\/p>\n<p>Doctors told her she should receive the results \u201cin just a couple of days.\u201d But weeks passed without any word.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was like, \u2018This is really strange. It usually doesn\u2019t take this long to get a diagnosis,\u2019\u201d she says. \u201cI thought if there was something serious, they would\u2019ve called me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When her doctor finally called, Guerrero learned she had an angiosarcoma in her breast in January 2023. Doctors did not stage her cancer, and she notes it was discovered \u201cpretty early on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>An angiosarcoma develops in the cells that line the blood or lymph vessels, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cancer.org\/cancer\/types\/breast-cancer\/about\/types-of-breast-cancer\/angiosarcoma-of-the-breast.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:American Cancer Society;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">American Cancer Society<\/a>. This rare cancer accounts for 0.1% to 0.2% of all breast cancers, per <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hopkinsmedicine.org\/health\/conditions-and-diseases\/breast-cancer\/angiosarcoma-of-the-breast#:~:text=Angiosarcoma%20is%20a%20very%20rare,spread%20quickly%20throughout%20the%20body.\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Johns Hopkins Medicine;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">Johns Hopkins Medicine<\/a>. It\u2019s aggressive and spreads quickly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was whiplash,\u201d she says. \u201cI got the diagnosis, and my breast surgeon said, \u2018What is of most importance is that we get this out of you as quickly as possible because it is a very aggressive form of breast cancer.\u2019 And so immediately within a few weeks, I was having a lumpectomy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Doctors hoped that they only had to remove the cancerous mass. But after surgery, they realized that they were unable to remove the tumor without leaving some cancer cells.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was about a robin-sized egg of cancer that they removed,\u201d Guerrero says. \u201cOn the very outer parts of what they removed, there was still cancer cells detected, which means they didn\u2019t know how much further it had gone in.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Her doctors thought a mastectomy would assure that they had removed all the cancer, so she returned to surgery a week later to remove her entire right breast.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was all fast tracked,\u201d she says. \u201cWith this mastectomy, we have removed the cancer. But the only way to be absolutely sure it is (gone) is if we do radiation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For six weeks, Guerrero underwent radiation every day.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve described this as walking through molasses. I was living these two realities. One the one hand, I was still going to work. I was still at home,\u201d she says. \u201cThere would be moments were I\u2019m like, \u2018I have cancer right now. I\u2019m living with breast cancer and I\u2019m living with a rare form of breast cancer that could kill me.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Breast cancer in Hispanic women<\/h2>\n<p>While Hispanic and Latina women are about 25% less likely to be diagnosed with breast cancer than non-Hispanic white women, they are more likely to receive an aggressive breast cancer diagnosis at a younger age, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bcrf.org\/blog\/hispanic-latina-breast-cancer-facts-statistics\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Breast Cancer Research Foundation;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">Breast Cancer Research Foundation<\/a>. What\u2019s more, they often receive late-stage diagnoses.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"caas-figure\">\n<div class=\"caas-figure-with-pb\" style=\"max-height: 1892px\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"caas-img-container caas-img-loader portrait\" style=\"padding-bottom:152%\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"caas-img caas-lazy has-preview\" alt=\"Kristina Guerrero hasn't undergone reconstruction surgery yet for her right side mastectomy. She's become more comfortable in her body and using a prosthetic she calls 'Nipsy.'  (Courtesy Kristina Guerrero)\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/dqLd.1qDvQl2JXoBN5ZRmQ--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTEyNDI7aD0xODky\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/aol_the_today_show_594\/075dd244826819d670fdb362b36fae4e\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Kristina Guerrero hasn't undergone reconstruction surgery yet for her right side mastectomy. She's become more comfortable in her body and using a prosthetic she calls 'Nipsy.'  (Courtesy Kristina Guerrero)\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/dqLd.1qDvQl2JXoBN5ZRmQ--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTEyNDI7aD0xODky\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/aol_the_today_show_594\/075dd244826819d670fdb362b36fae4e\" class=\"caas-img\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><figcaption class=\"caption-collapse\">Kristina Guerrero hasn&#8217;t undergone reconstruction surgery yet for her right side mastectomy. She&#8217;s become more comfortable in her body and using a prosthetic she calls &#8216;Nipsy.&#8217;<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The reason for these disparities are complicated. Doctors offer BRCA mutation screen less frequently for Hispanic women, and these women are also less likely to undergo regular mammogram screenings due to lack of insurance, access to doctors and preventative care, the Breast Cancer Research Foundation notes.<\/p>\n<h2>Documenting her experience<\/h2>\n<p>With the help of her husband, Gibby Cevallos, Guerrero made a short film documenting her experience with breast cancer called \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/kristinaguerrero\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Walking Through Molasses;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">Walking Through Molasses<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was going through my treatment, and I felt isolated. One of my comfort places is as a journalist. It\u2019s telling stories,\u201d she says. \u201cI recorded a lot of my testimonials and things I was going through as I was going through them. And I\u2019m so grateful that I did.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rewatching her videos helped her remember forgotten feelings.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s very raw,\u201d she says. \u201cIt\u2019s a 15-minute short on my experience of breast cancer told through this weird space I was in at the time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Guerrera is now cancer-free and visits her doctor every six months for scans to make sure the cancer hasn\u2019t returned. To her, it\u2019s important to share her story to raise awareness of breast cancer for women of color.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor my women of color, my Latinas \u2026 it\u2019s proven over and over again that we don\u2019t go in for early detection that we aren\u2019t aware of the risks of breast cancer to our bodies and so we ignore them,\u201d Guerrero says.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"caas-figure\">\n<div class=\"caas-figure-with-pb\" style=\"max-height: 1656px\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"caas-img-container caas-img-loader portrait\" style=\"padding-bottom:133%\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"caas-img caas-lazy has-preview\" alt=\"\u2018The gratitude that I feel that I get to still be here is pretty awesome,\u2019 Kristina Guerrero says. (Courtesy Kristina Guerrero)\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/Jbucuh_I3ZhNmIYyxE5bpg--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTEyNDI7aD0xNjU2\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/aol_the_today_show_594\/2e767c8cb847aa87d5a4e86ba10db2e8\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\u2018The gratitude that I feel that I get to still be here is pretty awesome,\u2019 Kristina Guerrero says. (Courtesy Kristina Guerrero)\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/Jbucuh_I3ZhNmIYyxE5bpg--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTEyNDI7aD0xNjU2\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/aol_the_today_show_594\/2e767c8cb847aa87d5a4e86ba10db2e8\" class=\"caas-img\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><figcaption class=\"caption-collapse\">\u2018The gratitude that I feel that I get to still be here is pretty awesome,\u2019 Kristina Guerrero says.<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>She also wants everyone to understand the important of screening.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just hope that people will realize that I really didn\u2019t think this was going to happen to me and then it did,\u201d Guerrero says. \u201cI want people to acknowledge that it can also happen to them. 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