Overview
- Davis said Tuesday that she was diagnosed about 18 months ago and that doctors now consider the disease incurable and too late for chemotherapy.
- She said the cancer has spread to bones including her spine, right hip and ribs and that the spread causes severe pain and limits how long she can stand or walk.
- In a video on Instagram Davis rang a hospital bell to mark the end of treatment, used humor as a coping tool and asked friends not to treat her only as an ill person.
- She traced the first sign to a very small, hard spot in one breast that she nearly ignored and used her post to urge people to have any bodily changes examined promptly.
- Multiple international outlets republished Davis’s message and the disclosure could increase public attention to late diagnosis, screening and support for people living with advanced cancer.