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Nottingham Post
Nottingham Post
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Charlotte McLaughlin, PA & Steven Smith

Strictly Come Dancing's Amy Dowden updates fans on her breast cancer battle

Strictly Come Dancing professional Amy Dowden has told fans that her breast cancer surgery has gone “well”. The 32-year-old Welsh ballroom and Latin American dancer, who joined the BBC celebrity competition show in 2017, announced in May that she had been diagnosed with breast cancer.

Caerphilly-born Dowden said in an Instagram story on Thursday that her surgery “went well” and gave a “big thank you” to her surgeons and nurses who had been “utterly amazing”.

Dowden added: “(I’m) very sore but focusing on the positives, they said the surgery went well! Thanks for all the support and messages.”

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