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TV Personality Joan Lunden Reveals She Is Being Treated for Breast Cancer
The long-time Greenwich resident made the revelation on her alma mater — Good Morning America.
"I heard those words that every woman fears and never wants to hear, ‘You have breast cancer."
That is how Greenwich resident and former Good Morning America host Joan Lunden revealed Wednesday morning that she is undergoing treatment for the disease. Lunden unveiled the news in an interview with GMA co-host Robin Roberts, herself a breast cancer survivor, as well on social media via Twitter and Facebook.
According to ABC News, the 63-year-old Lunden said the breast cancer wasn't found in her annual mammogram, rather in a follow-up ultrasound routinely done in addition to the mammogram because Lunden has “dense fibrous tissue.”
“Nothing showed in my mammogram and you come out of there like, ‘Yes, one more year. I’m okay,’” said the mother of seven who hosted GMA from 1980 until 1997. “And then you go all happy-go-lucky into the ultrasound and she kept going back to one spot.”
During her interview, which can be viewed here, Lunden said her treatment will include surgery, radiation and chemotherapy.
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Lunden, a health advocate and author of several books, hosted an AuthorsLive program just last month at Greenwich Library.
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