{"id":872144,"date":"2026-08-29T02:16:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-29T02:16:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/872144\/"},"modified":"2026-08-29T02:16:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-29T02:16:13","slug":"busy-philipps-message-to-women-after-shock-brain-tumour-diagnosis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/872144\/","title":{"rendered":"Busy Philipps\u2019 message to women after shock brain tumour diagnosis"},"content":{"rendered":"

Busy Philipps revealed she underwent surgery for a rare brain tumour<\/a>, caught early by an elective full-body scan before any symptoms appeared.<\/p>\n

The actor told PEOPLE<\/a> that a scan in February revealed a grade 2 oligodendroglioma.<\/p>\n

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Busy Philipps\u2019 message to women after shock brain tumour diagnosis.\u00a0Getty<\/p>\n

\u201cMy brain does not feel broken anymore,\u201d she told PEOPLE following the surgery.<\/p>\n

Philipps said she had initially raised the prospect of a scan with her primary care doctor in 2025, but was told she didn\u2019t need one given her age, good annual physical results, and lack of symptoms.<\/p>\n

She later discussed the idea with Beverly Hills Dr Justin Donlan, her cousin\u2019s husband, before deciding to undergo an elective full-body MRI.<\/p>\n

The scan detected a mass on her brain, and a follow-up MRI confirmed a tumour. <\/p>\n

Philipps said she hopes her experience encourages women to advocate for themselves when they have health concerns.<\/p>\n

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Philipps said she hopes her experience encourages women to advocate for themselves when they have health concerns.\u00a0nna\\jabi<\/p>\n

\u201cI think that that really speaks to us as women. We are frequently told by doctors that there is nothing to worry about and you kind of know that there\u2019s something to worry about,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

However, Philipps acknowledged her \u201cinherent privilege\u201d in being able to access an elective full-body scan, which can cost several thousand dollars.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not an inexpensive thing,\u201d the Dawson\u2019s Creek<\/a> star admitted. <\/p>\n

Her experience does not mean people without symptoms need full-body MRI screening.<\/p>\n

Such scans are not routinely recommended for everyone, and Philipps\u2019 tumour was discovered after she personally chose to undergo elective imaging despite having no clear symptoms.<\/p>\n

The actress said her close friend Michelle Williams also reminded her of something she had been saying in the years before the diagnosis.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I first told her, she said, \u2019Busy, you have been saying for the past two years, \u2018My brain feels broken.\u2019 And she was right. I have. I\u2019ve been saying this for the last few years.\u201d<\/p>\n

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She underwent surgery to remove the tumour after an elective full-body scan caught it early.\u00a0Instagram\/@liviyakraemer<\/p>\n

Philipps said the lesson she wants women to take from her experience is to keep raising health concerns and seek appropriate medical advice if something does not feel right.<\/p>\n

\u201cI do think that that is something that I hope, especially women, can take away from my experience,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cFirst of all, there\u2019s nothing to be afraid of in having information. It\u2019s only empowering.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cUltimately, we, as humans, have the ability to be in touch with what is going on inside of our own bodies if we\u2019re able to recognise it and listen to ourselves,\u201d she continued. \u201cFrequently, we dismiss ourselves.\u201d<\/p>\n

Philipps is next set to appear in the legal drama Cupertino.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Busy Philipps revealed she underwent surgery for a rare brain tumour, caught early by an elective full-body scan…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":872145,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[64,63,134],"class_list":["post-872144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/872144","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=872144"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/872144\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/872145"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=872144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=872144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=872144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}