CNN Anchor Christiane Amanpour’s ‘Fairly Rare’ Ovarian Cancer Returns For Third Time

Famed news anchor Christiane Amanpour has announced that her ovarian cancer has returned for a third time.

The CNN journalist, 67, was diagnosed with the disease in 2021 and revealed the cancer has returned during an appearance on the Changing the Ovarian Cancer Story podcast on Thursday, October 23.

“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,” Amanpour divulged to show host Hannah Vaughan Jones.

She then looked back on when she first told the public about her sickness, recalling that she decided to get back in front of the camera after four weeks away due to her recovery.

At the time, she took time off to undergo surgery and weeks of recuperation before she began chemo.

Amanpour wanted to be back on the air “because I actually wanted to do a service.”

“Not just to my viewers, but also to those who might be in a similar situation. And I wanted to say what had happened to me,” she said. “And I wanted to say listen to your body because part of the reason I got such quick care was because I listened to my body and went straight to the doctors.”

The British native added that she has a “fairly rare” type of ovarian cancer, and it was diagnosed as “stage ½.” According to Amanpour, the cancer was just in its first stage, however it had clung to her pelvis.

“There’s often no symptoms so many women don’t know, so I feel that I was lucky,” she noted.

In 2021, Amanpour underwent an operation and subsequently went through 18 grueling weeks of chemo. She heroically got back to work just six months after completing her radiation.