Overview
- In an Instagram video on World Cancer Day, the Strictly Come Dancing professional thanked NHS staff, researchers, charities and supporters for helping her through breast cancer.
- Dowden was diagnosed in 2023 and underwent chemotherapy and two mastectomies, most recently in November, after a sepsis scare and a 2024 update showing no evidence of disease.
- Her message urged people to check their bodies and to book a GP appointment if they notice changes or feel something is different.
- Breast Cancer Now and Strictly colleagues publicly praised her openness, saying her posts are helping to raise awareness.
- In a new interview, she said questions about starting a family are painful, explaining treatment-induced menopause and fertility uncertainty, while noting she has embryos frozen.