In brief

• Monika Pikuła has finished chemotherapy and appeared without a wig at the premiere of the film „Przepis na święta”.
• In April, the actress was diagnosed with aggressive triple-negative breast cancer.
• Further stages of treatment lie ahead for the actress: surgery and radiotherapy.
• The actress urges people to undergo regular preventive screening.

Chemotherapy behind her

Monika Pikuła has finished chemotherapy, as the media reported earlier. Two weeks later, on Thursday, 5 November, she posed on the red carpet at the premiere of the comedy „Przepis na święta”. She gave up her wig and posed for photographers in an elegant, lace outfit.

Diagnosis on her birthday

The actress learned of her illness in April, on her 46th birthday. As she herself described on the program „Dzień dobry TVN”, doctors found that she had triple-negative breast cancer, which is aggressive and multiplies rapidly (Monika Pikuła walczy z rakiem piersi. Diagnozę usłyszała w dniu urodzin - TVN – tvn.pl). Initially, she was convinced that a mistake had been made.

Further treatment

After chemotherapy, Monika Pikuła still faces further stages of treatment: surgery and radiotherapy. The actress speaks of hope for a complete cure. She also talked about how her teenage sons reacted to the news of her illness, and how she did not want to shield them from the difficult emotions.

A call for screening

In October, international Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the actress made her illness public and encouraged people to get screened (Choruje na raka. Zdradziła, czy wcześniej się badała – wp.pl). Earlier, at the beginning of September, she had published a photo from a hospital bed without yet explaining why she was there. She stresses that she regularly had blood tests herself, and yet the cancer was only detected this year.