Mammogram Saved Amy Robach's Life

0:00It's March 26th. Welcome to entertainment and celebrity news today, powered by AI and packed with headlines. Amy Robock recently shared how a routine mammogram she almost skipped ended up saving her life. Back in 2013, the former Good Morning America anchor was asked to get screen live on air, but she turned it down at first. She was only 40 years old, felt perfectly healthy, and had no family history of breast cancer. At the time, guidelines recommended starting mammograms at age 50, so it wasn't even on her radar. Robock comes from a big family with no cancer cases she knew of, and all her grandparents were still alive. She told producers, she wasn't the right person for the segment. That's when her colleague Robin Roberts stepped in. Roberts, who had battled breast cancer herself back in 2007, convinced Robock by saying she was exactly the type who thinks they don't. Need it. Robock went ahead, and the scan revealed stage 2 breast cancer. She underwent a double mastectomy and chemotherapy, crediting the experience with her survival.

1:05Robock has said she'll never regret her career at ABC News because it literally saved her life. These days, guidelines have updated to recommend mammograms for all women, 40 and older, no family history required. Robock's story is a powerful reminder to get checked early.