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Actress Renee Zellweger has spoken out about her breast cancer scare last year.

The Bridget Jones star, who lost her grandmother to cancer, found two small lumps in her right breast.

"I thought, 'Oh, I know what you do now. You find out what that is. So I went and found out."

"I was like, let's just have it over with."

Luckily the lumps turned out to be fibroadenomas, or benign breast tumours, which Zellweger dismissed as "a fancy word for nothing."

The worst part, she says, was waiting for the test results.

"I had a weird couple of days waiting for the phone call," she said, adding that she's more cautious about her health these days.

"I pay attention, I do go get my check-ups."

User comments
It's well known through breast screen warniings that modifications to weight,strees,and higher than usual levels of female hormones, are a contributing factor for breast cancer. Not even the rich and famous are immune to health issues. The exception being that they can afford the best of surgical and after care.
incase you havent heard, with any form of cancer there is the possibility of costly consequences and even death. a scares a scare. just because shes a celebrity and already recieves attention for her success doesnt mean we cant sympathise or feel empathy towards her. illness isnt one of those attention seeking schemes, people actually can die as a result of sickness so have a bit of respect for how traumatising it might have been to discover there was a real possibility that some major negative changes were about to occur which perhaps could have been fatal. when did everyone become so cold ?
A scare is just a scare. Why does she have to get attention for this? Some well known artists go through hell fighting cancer. They do not talk about "a scare", they shut up and do what they have to do to survive. And when they lose the battle it's usually without audience.
okay... it would have been scary for her, but seriously, she is no more brave and tougher than anyone else who has had that kind of scare.
The last thing Renee needs is someone feeling sorry for her she is rich and successful and cancer free feel good for her she has a long and happy life in front of her.
Good for you Renee! Telling people about how you found a lump and got tested immediately sets a wonderful example for other women. If you find a lump in your breast, ignoring it isn't going to make it go away. In fact, when you actually do go to the doctor and get a diagnosis, you may have made it much worse for yourself by waiting. I know it's scary to contemplate having cancer, but it's worse not knowing.
I feel so sorry for her, she hasnt had her best luck with love and now this =[

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