R&B singer Shanice appeared on the show, Good Morning America wherein she shared her diagnosis of breast cancer and her journey so far. She says that more than 10 years ago, the doctors found a cancerous lump in her breast, however, it turned out to be a cyst. She then avoided mammograms for the next 8 years and when she finally had one, it turned out to be breast cancer.
According to a report in People, Shanice was in her mid-40s when doctors told her that a cancerous lump was found in her breast. Further testing found that the lump was a cyst and she required no additional testing. Still, the health scare kept her away from mammograms for nearly a decade.
Shanice, now 51, speaking at the show said, “Because of the fear that I had when they thought they saw something, I didn't go for eight years.” After 8 years of skipping her routine mammograms, Shanice decided to get screened in March after feeling a lump in her breast. It was then that she was diagnosed with breast cancer.
The doctors said that she had an early form of breast cancer called ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), which is a non-invasive, stage zero cancer trapped inside the milk ducts. Following this, Shanice decided to get a double mastectomy surgery in May. It was at this time, that doctors discovered that she actually had a stage 1, one-centimetre tumour in her breast.
She said, “When I had my surgery and they told me I had cancer, I literally lost my smile. But I wanted to come on the show to encourage .
