Jill Martin urges awareness of breast cancer genetic testing on ‘Football Night in America’

TODAY contributor Jill Martin was diagnosed Stage 2 breast cancer in 2023 after she learned she had a BRCA gene mutation, which increases a woman’s risk of developing breast cancer by 60-90%. Had she not been tested for the mutation, her cancer could’ve progressed further, and Jill, now cancer-free, may have had a very different prognosis. Jill urged viewers to learn whether they should undergo genetic testing for breast cancer ahead of the Giants-Bengals game on Oct. 13’s ‘Football Nigh