Olivia Munn's "no symptoms" cancer diagnosis fueled lifesaving mission
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Olivia Munn tells Tracy Smith about how she turned a symptomless Stage 1 breast cancer diagnosis into a mission to help other women.
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Sunday Morning How Olivia Munn's "no symptoms" breast cancer diagnosis sparked a lifesaving awareness mission By Tracy Smith , Tracy Smith Correspondent. "CBS News Sunday Morning" and "48 Hours" Tracy Smith is an award-winning correspondent for "CBS News Sunday Morning" and "48 Hours," who joined CBS News in 2000. Smith has covered a wide range of subjects, producing revealing interviews with news-making artists to moving, in-depth reporting. Read Full Bio Tracy Smith , Jennifer Earl Jennifer Earl Vice President of Growth & Engagement at CBS News and Stations Jennifer Earl is the Vice President of Growth & Engagement at CBS News and Stations. Jennifer has previously written for outlets including The Daily Herald, The Gazette, NBC News, Newsday, Fox News and more. Read Full Bio Jennifer Earl March 29, 2026 / 9:46 AM EDT / CBS News Add CBS News on Google Olivia Munn is known for commanding the screen, but in recent years, she's taken on a more personal role: cancer survivor, advocate, and mother. In April 2023, Olivia Munn discovered she had Stage 1 breast cancer after taking the Lifetime Risk Assessment test, a free online Q&A that takes minutes to provide a score estimating your risk of developing breast cancer in your lifetime. Anything above 20% is considered high risk. Munn's risk score was x37.3%. "No symptoms. And I had a clear mammogram and a clear ultrasound," Munn told "CBS Sunday Morning." Once she learned the diagnosis , she fought back with everything she had. She got a double mastectomy, an ovariectomy and a partial hysterectomy. Now her score is zero. Instead of recovering quietly, she sounded the alarm, posting online about her cancer and telling everyone who'd listen about the risk assessment test. In the years since Munn started sharing her story, the number of women taking the test has increased by 4,000 percent. "Knowing that it's really changed so many people's lives. It's been the most amazing thing. There's no way I could have ever predicted it,...
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