The well-known journalist wanted to tell everyone on live television that she has cancer: her words and the appeal made to her viewers

CNN reporter Sara Sidner announces live that she has breast cancer. She did it to raise awareness about the prevention of female cancers and invite all women to get checked

CNN reporter Sara Sidner announces livein a heartfelt appeal, of have breast cancer. He did it not to have the spotlight on himself, but to raise awareness prevention of female cancers, in particular the breast one. He addresses women, asking them to do routine checks, such as mammograms.

During the CNN news the television journalist has decided to make a personal announcement. She suffers from a serious health problem. And she chose to use that space to raise everyone's awareness of the importance of prevention.

I ask you a favor, take a second and think of eight names of women you love and know in your life. Statistically one of them has or will have breast cancer.

I'm the one who has it among my friends. I have never been sick a day in my life, I don't smoke, I rarely drink, no one in my family has had breast cancer and here I am, with stage three cancer.

The journalist's speech it moved everyone:

Hard to say out loud. I'm in my second month of chemotherapy, I'll have radiotherapy and a double mastectomy. Stage three is not yet a death sentence for most women, but this is the reality that literally shocked my system when I started doing more research on the topic, something I never would have known before my diagnosis : If you happen to be a black woman, you are 41% more likely to die from breast cancer than your white counterpart.

Journalist Sara Sidner announces her health problem to raise awareness of prevention

That space was used by the journalist to make an appeal to all women:

Please for the love of God get your mammograms and do your self exams. I want you to thrive my sisters. pic.twitter.com/jIuW8WwSb2

— Sara Sidner (@sarasidnerCNN) January 8, 2024

I want to say, to all my sisters, whether black or white or mulatto, please get a mammogram every year, get tested on your own, try to find out sooner than I did.