Christiane Amanpour: CNN Journalist Reveals She Has Ovarian Cancer, Underwent Surgery
- Christian Amanpour made the announcement on-air just before she started her famous news segment
- The journalist confirmed that she underwent surgery and is now following up with chemotherapy
- The news anchor said she is confident of pulling through and thanked the incredible doctors that are treating her
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Veteran CNN journalist Christiane Amanpour has revealed she is battling cancer.
Source: Instagram
The celebrated correspondent made the announcement on-air to the shock of most of her avid viewers.
In what she termed as “some personal news,” the TV personality, who has been missing in action for a couple of weeks, stated that she is undergoing treatment.
She started off the programme with a vote of thanks to her co-workers who held the fort while she was away for a month.
“I want to thank the whole team for holding down the fort for me for the past four weeks which have been a bit of a rollercoaster for me. During that time, like millions of women around the world, I was diagnosed with ovarian cancer,” she said.
Amanpour revealed she underwent successful lifesaving surgery to remove the tumour and will undergo several months of chemotherapy.
To the journalist, that will give her a better chance at beating the disease.
“I am confident and I am also fortunate to have health insurance through work,” the well-regarded scribe added.
Amanpour said her reveal was a "shout out to early diagnosis" and urged women to educate themselves on the disease, get screened, and listen to their bodies.
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Man beats three types of cancer
In related news, a young man on Twitter with the handle, @Fayabeats, celebrated his birthday while sharing an emotional story of how he was saved from cancer.
In a post seen on his handle by Briefly News, the young man shared photos showing how he suffered from different types of cancer, including Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma, a brain tumour that had also affected his eyes and metastasis.
According to him, all of these happened to him within one year, from January 2020 to November 2020, but he fully recovered a few months ago.
Thousands of social media users joined him in celebrating his victory against the dreaded disease.
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