Veteran CNN news anchor Christiane Amanpour announces cancer diagnosis, surgery

Veteran war correspondent and news anchor Christiane Amanpour on Monday announced that she has recently undergone “major surgery” for ovarian cancer, and faced months of chemotherapy treatment.

“Like millions of women around the world, I’ve been diagnosed with ovarian cancer,” the CNN chief international anchor announced on Twitter.

“I’ve had successful major surgery to remove it and am now undergoing several months of chemotherapy for the very best long term prognosis,” the 63-year-old journalist added.

After sharing her personal news with viewers, Amanpour then went right into covering international news, including discussing the upcoming meeting between President Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin, happening in Geneva on Wednesday.

The journalist also took time to thank Bianna Golodryga, CNN’s senior global affairs analyst, for filling in for her on the show while she was out.

British-born Amanpour previously hosted ABC’s This Week.

She first became known to the CNN audience internationally for her coverage of the 1991 Gulf War that followed Iraq’s 1990 invasion of Kuwait.

She has interviewed many of the world’s leaders and newsmakers over the past two decades and reported from hotspots such as Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Somalia, Rwanda and the Balkans.

Ovarian cancer is the second most common gynecologic cancer in the US, according to the country’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Additional reporting by Tribune News Service