The supermodel has undergone a mastectomy and chemotherapy in a bid to beat the disease — but still fears for her future.
Linda Evangelista has revealed her secret battle with breast cancer, saying she has undergone a mastectomy and chemotherapy in a bid to beat the disease — but still fears for her future.on Tuesday, revealing that doctors first detected the cancer during an annual mammogram in Dec. 2018
In Oct. 2022, the mother-of-one discovered a lump on her chest and immediately had an MRI scan. The results revealed there was cancer in her pectoral muscle. “This is all new hair,” she told WSJ Magazine. “It came back very dark. It’s even curlier than it used to be. The first time, I lost all the hair on top of my head, like my grandfather did.”
While she is now in remission, Evangelista says she has a “horrible Oncotype score” — a number that represents the recurrence risk of cancer.“I know I have one foot in the grave, but I’m totally in celebration mode,” she declared.STEVEN MEISEL for WSJ. MagazineSTEVEN MEISEL for WSJ. Magazine
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