Ananda Lewis
Ananda Lewis Shares She Has Stage IV Breast Cancer
Former MTV VJ Ananda Lewis shared that after trying natural methods of treatment, she now has Stage IV breast cancer.
Former MTV VJ Ananda Lewis Reveals Stage 3 Breast Cancer Diagnosis
Source: Paul Archuleta / Getty TV personality and former MTV VJ Ananda Lewis is urging Black women to get mammograms after being diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer. On Thursday (Oct 1) in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness month, Anada Lewis kicked off the month with the diagnosis announcement on Instagram urging other women of color to get tested as advised by medical professionals to ensure early detection. “I said, ‘Huh! Radiation exposure for years equals breast cancer. Yeah, I’m going to pass,’” Ananda said. “‘Thanks anyway.’” The 47-year-old admitted that for a long time she passed on getting mammograms because her own mother went and had them consistently, and eventually was diagnosed with 3 breast cancer in her lymph nodes. She assumed it was the low energy X-rays that exposed...
