Vanessa Trump says she is cancer-free six months after revealing diagnosis
The ex-wife of Donald Trump Jr, with whom she shares five children, announced in May that she had been diagnosed with breast cancer.
Vanessa Trump says she is cancer-free six months after revealing diagnosis
Vanessa Trump, the former wife of Donald Trump Jr, has said she is cancer-free after being diagnosed with breast cancer earlier this year.
Trump, 48, who has five children with President Donald Trump's eldest son, said in a brief video on her 19-year-old daughter Kai's Instagram account that her latest test results "came back clear, so I'm finally cancer-free".
The video, posted on Friday, previews the release of a longer YouTube video on Saturday, in which Vanessa and Kai Trump will talk about breast cancer awareness and prevention, Kai wrote in the caption.
Vanessa Trump separated from Trump Jr in 2018 and announced last year that she had started dating US pro golfer Tiger Woods.
"October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, a time to raise awareness about early detection, education, and support for those affected by breast cancer," Kai Trump wrote on Instagram.
"I sat down with my mom and Dr. Nicole Saphier to talk about my mom's journey with breast cancer and learn more about prevention and early detection," she continued.
Kai's post drew more than 20,000 likes and hundreds of comments from people sending support and good wishes, including American singer and media personality Mary Millben.
In Friday's video, Trump said she was first diagnosed with breast cancer in April. She publicly disclosed the diagnosis in May, saying in a social media post that she had undergone surgery and was working with her medical team on a treatment plan.
According to the American Cancer Society, the average risk of a woman in the US developing breast cancer is about 1 in 8, or 13%. The disease also makes up 30% of all new female cancers each year, according to the group.
Surgery cures most breast cancers, but if some disease remains, chemotherapy, radiotherapy and endocrine therapy can lower the long-term risk.
Treatments have been improving, including more targeted therapies for early breast cancer, new kinds of hormonal therapies, and more precise and effective radiotherapy.