Giuliana Rancic revealed Monday on the Today Show that she has breast cancer. The popular red carpet staple, host of E! News and Fashion Police, has shared her struggles with IVF treatment on the reality show Giuliana and Bill, which chronicles her life with husband (and Apprentice winner) Bill Rancic.

A visit to a doctor on her third round of IVF treatment alerted Rancic to her condition, when the doctor insisted that she get a mammogram because if she did have cancer all the hormones would accelerate the cancer. Being only 36 years old she was resistant at first, not seeing the need for the test— she has little family history and tested negative for the breast cancer gene. She went on Today primarily to advocate for women taking care of themselves and for early detection, saying that when a friend asked her “What can I do?” she responded, in part, “Call your doctor tomorrow, make an appointment. That’s what you could do for me.”

Rancic will have surgery this week, then radiation treatment. She still intends to try to get pregnant.

An MSNBC story about the concern Rancic’s case has caused over a connection IVF and breast cancer says there is no evidence linking the two and that IVF could even be protective: a Swedish study showed a 25 percent reduction in breast cancer in women who had had IVF treatment.