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    Olivia Munn says she had hysterectomy as part of breast cancer treatment

    by Shahana Yasmin May 13, 2024 3 minutes
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    Olivia Munn has revealed that she underwent a full hysterectomy after being diagnosed with breast cancer.

    The actor, 43, who announced in March that a genetic test to determine if she carried cancer genes found she had breast cancer, has now opened up about the fifth surgery she had to undergo after receiving her diagnosis.

    “I have now had an oophorectomy and hysterectomy,” the actor told magazine. “I took out my uterus, fallopian tubes,

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