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Dowden gives positive feedback update after breast cancer surgery

Dowden gives positive feedback update after breast cancer surgery

By Mosese Raqio
09/06/2023
Photo:YahooSports

Strictly Come Dancing's Amy Dowden has given fans a positive update after she underwent surgery for breast cancer.

The 32-year-old spoke of her surgery success in an Instagram post yesterday after the start of her treatment for the disease.

The dancer, from Caerphilly, revealed last month that she had been diagnosed with grade three breast cancer.

Co-stars and fans were among those wishing her well on social media.

Amy wrote in an Instagram post "Step one to beating cancer! Rrrrrrready for this fight and more determined than ever to get back on the dancefloor.

She added an update to her Instagram story saying her surgery had gone well, thanking the surgeons and nurses who she says were "utterly amazing".

The star did not reveal the full details of her treatment plan, but thanked people for their support in her most recent post.

Source: BBC News

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