Tinetti told the Bay of Plenty Times she would be straight back into campaigning for the 2020 general election as soon as her rest and recuperation period was over.
"I intend to get right back into the swing of things for the campaign next year ... My recovery will take probably six weeks," she said.
This meant she would only miss one block of sitting in Parliament.
"I have the full support of our fantastic Prime Minister to take some time out now ... I'll be taking the summer and I intend to get back into things, at this stage, as long as my recovery goes well, at the end of January," she said.
She said her diagnosis showed how important it was for women to get regular mammograms.
"There was no lump ... it shows the importance of regular mammograms and why we actually go," she said.
Labour list MP based in Tauranga, Jan Tinetti, has just announced she has been diagnosed with breast cancer. Photo / File
Tinetti was elected in the 2017 election as a Tauranga list MP. She is the deputy chairwoman of the Education and Workforce Committee.
She is also the former principal of Merivale School, Tauranga's sole decile 1 school.
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