CNN anchor Christiane Amanpour reveals ovarian cancer diagnosis and urges women to ‘listen to your bodies’

With her characteristic poise, Christiane Amanpour stared directly into the camera just as she does every day to deliver the news. Only this time, it was personal. The world-renowned CNN chief international anchor shared with her viewers Monday that she has been diagnosed with ovarian cancer.

Amanpour, 63, told her audience that she has had a “successful major surgery” to remove it and that she is undergoing “several months of chemotherapy,” hoping for the “very best possible long-term prognosis.”