ESPN anchor Hannah Storm spoke publicly about her breast cancer diagnosis for the first time in an emotional interview on “Good Morning America” on Tuesday.
Strom, 61, who has been with ESPN since 2008 and anchors shows such as “SportsCenter,” explained: she was diagnosed in january Ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) is a type of stage 0 breast cancer in which cancer cells have not spread beyond the breast ducts.
DCIS is non-invasive and is an early stage of breast cancer, meaning the cancer has not spread to other tissues within the breast. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
According to doctors, Storm told GMA’s Robin Roberts that the tumor removal surgery was successful and she is now cancer-free.
The sports broadcaster added that she plans to take the drug Tamoxifen for three years.
Tamoxifen is a hormonal therapy drug “used to reduce the risk of developing more serious types of breast cancer in women with ductal carcinoma in situ.” National Library of Medicine.
Storm said she and her doctors were shocked by the diagnosis because she has annual exams and has no risk factors and no history of breast cancer in her family.
“I had a mammogram every year, so I was shocked again. I have no risk factors. No one in my family has breast cancer. There was no lump. There was no pain. “I have no genetic predisposition to breast cancer,” Storm said. “And I have to say I was shocked because what I learned was that the vast majority of women who are diagnosed with breast cancer have no risk factors. I was scared.”
Storm recalled that she had undergone a mammogram during her annual breast cancer screening in November 2023, and became worried when she did not hear back about the results right away.
She contacted her doctor, who told her she had “dense breasts” and sent her for an ultrasound, which she said was common and had been done before.
Storm said after having an ultrasound in January, her doctor sent her for a biopsy and called her less than 24 hours later with the DCIS diagnosis.
Storm said she considers herself lucky that her cancer was detected early.
She and her husband, Dan Hicks, have three daughters.
