Overview
- The singer, 55, posted hospital-gown images on Instagram during Breast Cancer Awareness Month, urging followers to attend checkups.
- She wrote that preventive exams can save lives, citing her own experience and stating that they saved hers.
- Kelly previously had a breast removed following her 2009 diagnosis, which was identified early during routine screening.
- She thanked doctors, nurses and carers as “true heroes” for their work with patients and families.
- She said earlier appeals led many fans to book exams, with some reporting findings later cured, and reports cited RKI data showing about one in eight women develop breast cancer and 70,550 new cases in Germany in 2020.