Amy Dowden , who recovered from breast cancer treatment earlier this year, has revealed that she recently experienced a health scare ahead of her return to Strictly Come Dancing . In May 2023, the Welsh professional dancer was diagnosed with an “aggressive” form of stage three breast cancer finding a lump in her breast the day before her Maldives honeymoon with fellow professional dancer Ben Jones . She underwent a mastectomy, chemotherapy and fertility treatment in those nine months and was eventually told she had “no evidence of disease” in February.
That journey is documented in a new film, Strictly Amy: Cancer and Me , which follows Dowden from the beginning of her diagnosis as she navigates each stage of her treatment. However, at the end of the documentary, when Dowden finds out she will be well enough to return to Strictly in September after a year off from work, she goes to the hospital for a routine MRI scan and receives worrying news from her doctor. In footage recorded exclusively for the documentary, doctors tell Dowden they have detected “a few little dots” in the scan that suggest calcification and a “change occurring in the breast”.
Her doctor warned her it could be a sign of breast cancer returning. Dowden, who took the news in her stride, then underwent a biopsy, and told the cameras afterwards: “I’m feeling really anxious and worried because it obviously brought back memories of everything I went through a year ago.” “But I’ve just .