Elle Macpherson breast cancer: Model’s TV bombshell follows outrage

Last week Elle Macpherson disclosed that she had been diagnosed with breast cancer: ductal carcinoma in situ, also known as DCIS. Her cancer was non-invasive . Chemotherapy is not often offered for those.

The supermodel told media she refused chemotherapy and instead took a “holistic” approach to treating her breast cancer. Experts are warning people against following Macpherson’s advice. Following public outrage about her revelation, Macpherson appeared on Australian TV show 60 Minutes and admitted to receiving two lumpectomies, a surgery that removes cancer from breast tissue.



Aussie supermodel Elle Macpherson says she “healed through” her breast cancer in a bombshell interview with 60 Minutes , after sparking outrage over revelations she rejected modern treatments in favour of a “holistic” approach. Macpherson, 60, sat down with Tracy Grimshaw on the programme in a tell-all about the diagnosis, revealed in her new memoir. She controversially claimed she had “healed through breast cancer” with the use of holistic treatments, despite admitting she had received two lumpectomy surgeries.

Asked if she believed she had “cured” her cancer, Macpherson responded: “The word cure is a very interesting word.”.