Reporter, 33, who underwent mastectomy, says Olivia Munn saved her life

One of the reporters mentions the actress Olivia Mann for saving her life.

Inside Edition’with Alison Hall shared an emotional message via Instagram on Wednesday, Jan. 8, announcing that she was recently diagnosed with breast cancer and is preparing to undergo a mastectomy.

“Let me tell you a story about how Olivia Munn and the show I’m working on Inside editionplayed a role in saving my life,” Hall, 33, wrote in an emotional caption to the post. “Last spring, after @oliviamunn shared her story about her breast cancer journeythe producers at @insideedition assigned me to a story and sent me to a breast cancer doctor here in NYC to be screened on camera. Inspired by Olivia, I took a breast cancer risk assessment test.’

According to Hall, her risk was “found to be high,” so the “wonderful doctors” at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York “encouraged me to start yearly mammograms and MRIs.”

“I’ve been ready to do this for a long time and had no idea how quickly this story would change my life,” she continued. “I had my first breast MRI in October and a week later, just before I turned 33, I became one of the millions of women who heard the words ‘you have breast cancer.'”

Hall explained that doctors also told her that her cancer was “stage zero,” meaning it “hasn’t spread.”

“I have an early form of cancer called DCIS,” she added. According to Johns HopkinsDCIS – or ductal carcinoma in situ – is “a non-invasive form of breast cancer that develops in the milk ducts of the breast”.

“As you can imagine, I’ve been on a roller coaster of fear, anxiety, horror AND gratitude,” she continued in a post on Wednesday. “My husband reminds me that this is ‘the best news and the worst news’ we could get. For many reasons, including my family history of breast cancer and my own history of breast abnormalities, I am determined not only to fight the current cancer, but also to greatly reduce my risk of breast cancer in the future. Next week I decided to have a double mastectomy with reconstruction.’

Mann, 44, said she was diagnosed with breast cancer in March 2024.

“Surprisingly, I only cried twice,” Mann wrote in a lengthy Instagram post detailing her diagnosis and subsequent treatment, which also included a double mastectomy. “I guess there was no time to cry. My focus narrowed and I let out any emotion that I felt would interfere with my ability to stay clear,” she wrote at the time.

In an Instagram post Wednesday, Hall said she considers “this experience a gift,” adding that her diagnosis allows her to “do this for myself in the future, for my future children.”

“I have some of the best family, friends, dog, therapist, doctors and colleagues in the world who have given me more love than I could ever imagine,” she added. “I believe in the power of storytelling. Olivia Munn shared her life-saving story. It certainly played a role in my salvation. I share my story with the same hope.”