After a recent doctor’s visit, former supermodel Janice Dickinson received the sad news that she has breast cancer.
In an interview with the Daily Mail, the 61-year-old shared the news she received earlier this month after going to her doctor for stomach pains. A lump was detected on her right breast and after a mammogram and biopsy, she was diagnosed with ductal carcinoma in situ.
“I’m always optimistic,” Dickinson said. “Initially when the doctor found the lump, it hurt. It became quite painful when you touch it. That’s the point when I knew this is serious — when the doctor touched this little lump in my right breast, about the size of a pea, and I went, ‘Bingo, I have cancer.’”
If there is a silver lining in the grim news, it is that her cancer was caught early and it is a very common and treatable form, which means her chances of survival are good.
USA Today noted that the news came one day before Dickinson’s defamation suit against Bill Cosby is to be heard in a Los Angeles courtroom. She is one of dozens of women who have accused the comedian of sexual assault.