""I have it again, but it's being very well-managed, and this is one of the whole things that people have to understand about some cancers," she told host Hannah Vaughan Jones. "I obviously had all of the relevant organs removed, but it came back a couple times in a lymph node. Her latest medical revelation comes four years after she first went public with the diagnosis and underwent major surgery, followed by nearly five months of chemotherapy."
"George, who has guided Amanpour through her diagnosis and treatment at London's Royal Marsden Hospital known for its world-leading cancer treatment shared that her patient has a rare type of ovarian cancer that makes up less than 10% of cases. It's unusual nature likely led to Amanpour getting a diagnosis sooner than she would have otherwise. Angela told me what it was and why I was potentially lucky because there were actually pain symptoms, the award-winning journalist explained."
"Most women, by the time they get a diagnosis, might have had the cancer for three or four years before it actually gets diagnosed, George said. That's why most of the women that we see are actually diagnosed with late-stage ovarian cancer, because it doesn't have a lot of specific symptoms that people can pick up on and it does tend to be misdiagnosed for quite a long time."
Christiane Amanpour's ovarian cancer has returned for a third time and is currently being well-managed. She previously underwent major surgery removing all relevant organs and received nearly five months of chemotherapy after first announcing the diagnosis four years ago. Her oncologist at London's Royal Marsden Hospital identified a rare subtype that accounts for less than 10% of cases, and its painful presentation likely led to an earlier diagnosis. Many ovarian cancers lack specific symptoms and are often misdiagnosed as reflux, indigestion, or urinary infections, which commonly delays diagnosis until late stages.
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