Samantha Harris: I have breast cancer, will get a double mastectomy

U.S. television hostess Samantha Harris arrives at the 2010 MTV Movie Awards in Los Angeles, June 6, 2010. (Reuters)

Former “Dancing with the Stars” host Samantha Harris revealed she plans to undergo a double mastectomy later this month to treat breast cancer.

Harris told People magazine that she detected a lump on her right breast and tests later showed it was breast cancer. She then made the decision to get a double mastectomy after hearing her treatment options.

"It felt like an elephant was sitting on my chest," she told People. "I was sick of feeling the way that I did in the days after the diagnosis. I knew I needed to take control."

She said after making the decision to get the double mastectomy she felt relieved.

"I felt so much calmer."

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