Olympic skater Dorothy Hamill has breast cancer
Olympic ice-skating champ Dorothy Hamill is undergoing treatment for breast cancer at Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center in Baltimore, Md.
A rep for Hamill, 51, calls her prognosis very favorable, but says the treatments will require the Olympic gold-medal winner to take time off from headlining the Broadway on Ice national tour, Access Hollywood reports.
Hamill hopes to rejoin the tour on Jan. 16 in Ft. Lauderdale.
January 4th, 2008 at 6:16 pm
My deepest best wishes for Dorothy Hamill as she faces this struggle. I, too, had breast cancer at 51 and 15 years later am a survivor. And healthy! There is life after that diagnosis and it is beautiful!
January 5th, 2008 at 6:31 am
Congrats on your recovery.
January 5th, 2008 at 7:52 am
Very sad about Dorothy–I know she has been through a lot in this lifetime…i wish her the best!
January 5th, 2008 at 10:38 am
My prayers are with her, but wow i think she might be the most beautiful 50 year old… ever!
January 6th, 2008 at 11:37 am
Obviously this is sad news,she was[is]a cigarette smoker,maybe when she feels up to it she can use her celebrity to speak of the ills of smoking.
January 7th, 2008 at 7:35 am
My aunt is 55 and was diagnosed w/ breast cancer last year. She never smoked in her life. So, I don’t think that has anything to do w/ smoking.
January 7th, 2008 at 8:17 am
My dad was diagnosed with breast cancer and passed away after a long struggle with the disease. He smoked when he was young, but led a very healthy and active lifestyle for most of his life. This disease does not discriminate.