ESPN’s Hannah Storm Reveals Breast Cancer Diagnosis
Longtime sports broadcaster Hannah Storm detailed her recent breast cancer diagnosis in an article published Tuesday on ESPN Front Row.
After undergoing a routine mammogram late last year, Storm followed up by having an ultrasound on Jan. 3 to look for tumorous tissues. Just over a week later, following a long day reporting on Bill Belichick’s retirement on Jan. 11, she received a call informing her that she had been diagnosed with Ductal Carcinoma in Situ, otherwise known as DCIS.
Storm explained that DCIS is known as “Stage Zero” because cancerous cells had not yet spread to the breast tissues.
This diagnosis came as a complete “shock” to Storm as she was not genetically predisposed and she doesn’t have a family history of breast cancer. Also, she didn’t have a lump or pain.
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Storm underwent a lumpectomy on Feb. 1, days after covering the NFL’s conference championship games. While recovering from surgery, Storm worked on essays in advance of Super Bowl LVIII. She returned to work three days before the Big Game.
The surgery was a success, and Storm is now cancer-free.
“About a week later, Dr. Port delivered the best possible news from the pathology report on the surrounding tissue—she had removed everything, and there was no sign of cancer left in my breast,” Storm wrote. “I am extremely lucky.”
Storm also detailed how fellow ESPN coworkers Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova helped her tremendously through during her fight. Evert currently has ovarian cancer for the second time. Navratilova had breast and throat cancer in early 2023, but is now cancer-free.