Amy Robach of 'Good Morning America' reveals breast cancer diagnosis on TV
ABC News correspondent Amy Robach at Advertising Week in Manhattan. Robach, part of the "Good Morning America" team, told viewers Nov. 11, 2013 that she'd undergo a double mastectomy on Nov. 14 for the treatment of breast cancer that was detected during an on-air mammogram last month. (Oct. 4, 2012) Credit: AP
ABC News anchor and correspondent Amy Robach, who underwent an on-air mammogram last month to launch "Good Morning America's" coverage of Breast Cancer Awareness month, announced Monday that doctors established from that examination that she has breast cancer.
During Monday's program, Robach, 40, said doctors had not yet determined what stage the cancer had progressed to, or whether it had spread. But she told "GMA" co-anchor Robin Roberts that she had decided upon "very aggressive" treatment, and would undergo a double mastectomy Thursday.
"I'm young, and hopefully have a lot of time in front of me, Robach said, a mother of two daughters, and stepmother to three sons. She is married to actor Andrew Shue.
During yesterday's program, Robach said she had never had a mammogram, and in a blog posted after her on-air announcement wrote that she was reluctant to do one even as part of "GMA's" coverage.
"That day, when I was asked to do something I really didn't want to do, something I had put off for more than a year, I had no way of knowing that I was in a life-or-death situation," she wrote.
She also noted that only after the surgery -- which will be followed by reconstructive surgery -- will she learn about additional treatment options "but I am mentally and physically as prepared as anyone can be in this situation."
Robach joined ABC in May 2012, from NBC News where she had been a national correspondent and weekend anchor on "Today."
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