Four years after she was first diagnosed with ovarian disease Cancer, Christiane Amanpour is optimistic about his latest battle with the disease.
After being off air for the past month, CNN The presenter recently revealed the cancer has returned in a “pretty rare” form, urging other women to “listen to your body” and get tested.
“I have it again, but it's very well managed, and that's one of the things people need to understand about some cancers,” she said on Changing history of ovarian cancer podcast.
“When I got back in front of the camera after four weeks, including surgery and a couple of weeks of recovery before starting chemotherapy, I decided to say something because I really wanted to do a favor,” Amanpour added. “Not just to my viewers, but to anyone who might be in a similar situation. And I wanted to say what happened to me. And I wanted to say, listen to your body, because one of the reasons I got help so quickly was because I listened to my body and went straight to the doctors.”
Accompanied by gynecology and oncology consultant Dr Angela George, Amanpour explained that her current cancer is diagnosed as “stage 1/2”, meaning it is stage one but “attached to my pelvis”.
“Angela told me what it was and why I was potentially lucky because there were actually pain symptoms,” Amanpour explained. “There are often no symptoms that many women don’t know about, so I consider myself lucky.”
Updates on Amanpour's health come after she became the first diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2021, noting that she then underwent successful surgery to remove it, followed by several months of chemotherapy.
