Wanda Sykes opens up about her journey with bilateral surgery saying, "I had both breasts removed … because now I have zero chance of having breast cancer."
Former MTV VJ Ananda Lewis has revealed that her breast cancer has progressed to stage IV after initially choosing not to undergo traditional treatments, including a double mastectomy.
Ananda Lewis was diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer in 2020, but the former 'Teen Summit' host isn't letting her prognosis stop her from living a full life.
Black women have the highest mortality rate among those diagnosed with breast cancer.
After passing on mammograms for many years, Ananda Lewis is sharing her story and diagnosis in the hopes of getting other people to be proactive sooner.
She is returning to TV, but on her own terms.
For some time in the nineties, Ananda Lewis represented the voice of black youth as the host of Teen Summit, a weekly show that addressed issues facing black teens at the time tying it all up with a musical performance. Articulate, intelligent and beautiful, it wasn’t long before Lewis was on to bigger things and […]