Roxy Jacenko’s shock breast cancer diagnosis

PR QUEEN Roxy Jacenko has been diagnosed with breast cancer just three weeks after her husband Oliver Curtis was jailed for insider trading.

ROXY Jacenko has revealed she has been diagnosed with breast cancer just three weeks after husband Oliver Curtis was jailed for insider trading.

The 36-year-old mother of two spoke of the shocking diagnosis to The Daily Telegraph just days after receiving her test results.

“The timing is extraordinary,” the star publicist said.

“What I have experienced in the past three weeks is the most shocking thing I have ever experienced. I don’t think there is anything that could shock me more now.”

On doctor’s advice, Jacenko was set to undergo a “partial removal” of the lump in her left breast on Tuesday, which she discovered while showering last week.

But doctors delayed the surgery on Monday as the cancer “is larger than first suspected, so more testing is required”.

Jacenko said the health scare had hit hard on the heels of her husband’s imprisonment last month.

“I reckon I am still in shock from the first hit,” she said.

Roxy Jacenko and husband Oliver Curtis at NSW Supreme Court for his sentencing for insider trading.

Jacenko said she told Curtis the news during a six-minute phone call — the maximum time allowed from Parklea Correctional Centre in north-west Sydney.

“It is not like he can pick up the phone any time, so when he does phone it is for a very short period of time,” ­Jacenko said, adding that he took the news badly.

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Last month, Curtis was sentenced to two years’ jail, with a minimum term of one year, in the NSW Supreme Court for conspiracy to commit insider trading. The father-of-two will be eligible for release on a good behaviour bond after 12 months.

Jacenko, who is the founder and director of Sweaty Betty PR, said she found the lump in her left breast while showering 10 days ago. She will undergo surgery to have a “partial removal” within days and will know 10 days later how far the cancer has progressed.

Jacenko’s mother, Doreen Davis underwent a mastectomy a decade ago.

The businesswoman said she hoped her diagnosis would encourage other women to get their breasts checked.

Roxy Jacenko with her two children, Hunter and Pixie Curtis.