LOS ANGELES, UNITED STATES.-Christiane Amanpour, One of the CNN presenters confessed this Monday that she was diagnosed with ovarian cancer.
“I have had successful surgery to remove the tumor, and now I am receiving several months of chemotherapy to obtain the best possible long-term prognosis, and I am sure,” said the reporter in her program “CNN International”.
Amanpour, The 63-year-old was absent from her program for four weeks, so her followers began to speculate about her health, but it was until this Monday that the renowned journalist decided to share with everyone what was happening.
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In addition, she urged women to listen to their bodies always and to “ensure that their legitimate medical concerns are not underestimated or diminished.”
According to the presenter, she will have three weeks off previously scheduled, after receiving chemotherapies, meanwhile she will continue to present her program from Monday to Wednesday.
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Throughout his more than thirty-year career, Amanpour covered major crises in countries such as Iraq, Afghanistan, and North Korea.
Her cycle at CNN began in 1983, when she was an assistant and then became the main international correspondent for the network.
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In 2010, he left CNN to go to ABC News to host This Week. But in 2012 he returned to CNN.
Eight years later, the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), the public television network in the United States, announced that Amanpour would permanently replace Charlie Rose.
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