U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) says that she is now cancer-free. 

She provided the health update, via her X account, on Saturday, July 12, 2024.

She wrote:

I wanted to share an update on my health. I encourage everyone to get your routine screenings, exams, and follow-ups. Thankfully I am now cancer free! pic.twitter.com/lHkEfuMaCw

— Amy Klobuchar (@amyklobuchar) July 12, 2024

Background

Klobuchar's health update comes, according to the Washington Examiner, after the U.S. Senator, in recent years, has been dealing with breast cancer.

Per the outlet:

The Minnesota Democrat was diagnosed with Stage 1A breast cancer in February 2021 and had surgery to remove a tumor in her right breast before beginning radiation therapy later that year. In November 2021, she said “everything was clear” after her first six-month post-cancer exam.

It appears, however, that Klobuchar's doctors found a little something during a recent medical examination.

Klobuchar, on Saturday, revealed:

I recently had my routine 6-month exam at Mayo Clinic, which I have had regularly ever since being diagnosed wiht Stage 1A breast cancer and successfully traeted in 2021. During this visit, a small white spot called a calcification was found.

Klobuchar went on to write that she "had a minimally-invasive outpatient procedure to remove" the calcification. She added that the procedure "was successful," but, "as a precaution," she will undergo "a few days of radiation" treatment this month.

"I am now cancer-free"

Klobuchar, in the remainder of her statement, celebrated being cancer-free and thanked her doctors.

"Thanks to early detection and diligent follow-up visits, my doctor says I am now cancer-free," she wrote.

She concluded by encouraging all Americans to undergo routine medical screenings:

I want to again encourage every Minnesotan and every American to get their routine screengins, exams, and follow-ups. It made a huge idfference for me, and I know it can make a huge difference for so many others. Our health is not something we can ever take for granted, and this is another reminder that each day is a gift.

This may be one of the few things that both Republicans and Democrats can agree on these days.

According to the CDC's Cancer Data and Statistics, in the United States, in 2021 - the most recent year for which there is data of cancer incidence - there were roughly 1.8 million new cancer cases. The CDC reports:

In the United States in 2021, 1,777,566 new cancer cases were reported. In the United States in 2022, 608,366 people died of cancer.