Ellen will be on Good Morning America today, I am in the UK so I cant tape this so if anybody could, the please send us your videos!

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Actress Ellen Pompeo, star of the TV show “Grey’s Anatomy,” is stepping beyond her surgeon’s role in the hit medical drama to encourage women to make their own health a priority to prevent cancer.

The disease affects one in three women in the United States during their lifetime. Pompeo, a new mother and the daughter of a cancer survivor, said women are vital to battling and stopping the illness.

“Cancer is something that touches everyone’s lives,” Pompeo told Reuters. “Women are busy taking care of other people. This is about choosing yourself.”