Guiliana Rancic, one of the co-hosts of “E! News” announced earlier this week during an interview with Ann Curry on the “The Today Show,” that she has been diagnosed with early stage breast cancer.
Rancic indicated that she will undergo double lumpectomy surgery followed by six and a half weeks of radiation treatment for her breast cancer.
The breast cancer was discovered during a routine mammogram she was required to have while undergoing a third round of in-vitro fertilization that was being used in an effort to to get pregnant. Since the cancer was found in the early stages, Rancic said her prognosis is good.
Rancic and her husband Bill, who won the first season of Donald Trump’s show “The Apprentice,” have their own reality show on the Style Network, called “Guilana and Bill,” that has been documenting their ongoing journey in trying to get pregnant.
Breast cancer that is described as “early stage” usually means that it was diagnosed as a Stage 1 breast cancer, meaning it is still small in size (approximately 20 millimeters or less) and is isolated in the breast. Typical treatment options include surgery to remove the tumor (lumpectomy, partial mastectomy or modified radical mastectomy), radiation therapy following surgery, hormone therapy, chemotherapy (usually reserved for larger tumors) and/or targeted therapy.
If the tumor is found to be hormone receptor-positive, hormone therapies such as tamoxifen (Nolvadex) or aromatase inhibitors (exemestane/Aromasin, anastrozole/Arimidex, or letrozole/Femara) may be recommended. Furthermore, if the tumor is HER2-positive, the targeted monoclonal antibody therapy trastuzumab (Herceptin) also may be given.
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