Sharon Stone reflects on surgery & urges women to test for breast cancer

Actress Sharon Stone has shared advice to women to go for a test for breast cancer after undergoing surgery.

Stone has reflected on her journey to remove a large tumour in her breast, as she encouraged other women not to be afraid of testing for cancer.

While attending An Unforgettable Evening, a fundraiser for the Women’s Cancer Research Fund on Thursday evening, the 65-year-old opened up to PEOPLE about how she was willing to do away with her breasts after one of her mammograms had flagged a potential problem.

“I was told that I had breast cancer because I had a tumor that was larger than my breast — and they were sure that I couldn’t possibly have that tumor without it being cancer,” Stone said.

“But I went into the hospital saying, ‘If you open me up and it’s cancer, please take my breasts, because I am not a person defined by my breasts.”

The Basic Instinct star also revealed in her memoir The Beauty of Living Twice, which was released in 2022, that doctors had to remove benign tumours from her body in 2001 that were “gigantic, bigger than my breast alone.”

“When I was unbandaged, I discovered that I had a full cup-size bigger breasts, ones that he said ‘go better with your hip size’.” she added.

“He had changed my body without my knowledge or consent.”

And when Stone questioned her surgeon on her breast size, she said he told her that he “thought that I would look better with bigger, ‘better’ boobs.”

The Basic Instinct actress, who was named an honoree at the event and received the Courage Award for her support of breast cancer research, told PEOPLE that she also had another surgery to remove tissue from her breast.

“And that might seem funny coming from me since you’ve all seen them. But let me tell you something else — you’ve seen them since the surgery, and you don’t know it,” she explained.

“So don’t ever feel compelled not to get a mammogram, not to get a blood test, not to get surgery, because it doesn’t matter. I’m standing here telling you I had one and a half and more tissue of my breast removed, and none of you even knew it.”

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