Strictly's Amy Dowden reveals she has breast cancer - exclusive

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The professional dancer found a lump in her breast before going on honeymoon with her husband Ben Jones

, we could never have imagined that barely ten months later we would be sharing tears of a very different kind.

It was Amy's experience of doing the CoppaTrek! with Gi – the fundraising 100km walk led by Giovanna Fletcher in support of breast health awareness charity CoppaFeel! – last June that ultimately led her to discover her own breast cancer."Last year, I did the CoppaFeel! trek and I spoke to so many incredible ladies who had battled breast cancer.

It was in April that Amy first discovered a lump in her right breast, the day before she and Ben flew to the Maldives for their belated honeymoon. "I was in the shower and I felt this hard lump in my right breast," recalls Amy. "I was in shock; I checked again. I thought: 'Right, it could just be period-related, or so many things. I decided I was going to keep an eye on it for a few weeks. On holiday, putting body lotion on every day, I was noticing it.

 

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