ABC's Amy Robach Diagnosed with Breast Cancer

The popular ABC reporter Amy Robach revealed that she has been diagnosed with breast cancer on the show Good Morning America (GMA) on Monday.

Robach thanked the producers and her friends on the show who encouraged her to undergo the first live mammogram test earlier this October in the breast cancer awareness month for motivating other women to get tested. She was called for more tests and scans, which unveiled that she was at the early stage of breast cancer.

"So in the days to follow, if several producers and even Robin Roberts herself hadn't convinced me that doing this on live television would save lives, I would never have been able to save my own," Robach told ABC Online.

The 40-year-old anchor said she was reluctant to get the mammogram test done and she was not taking out time for the breast cancer tests the past one year.

"Sitting in that kitchen with Marie Monville, I had cancer and didn't know it. In fact, I would have considered it virtually impossible that I would have cancer. I work out, I eat right, I take care of myself and I have very little family history; in fact, all of my grandparents are still alive," Robach stated.

Robach is scheduled to go through a bilateral mastectomy on Nov. 14, followed by a reconstructive surgery after sometime. She told on GMA that she is being very aggressive in fighting this grave disease.

"On Thursday, Nov. 14, I will go into surgery where my doctors will perform a bilateral mastectomy followed by reconstructive surgery. Only then will I know more about what that fight will fully entail, but I am mentally and physically as prepared as anyone can be in this situation," she said.

"I can only hope my story will do the same and inspire every woman who hears it to get a mammogram, to take a self exam. No excuses. It is the difference between life and death," she concluded.

The anchor also thanked all the people who prayed for her on Twitter and emphasized on spreading awareness about breast cancer.

"Gratitude..For all who have written, tweeted, called, kept me in their prayers. Spread the word, save lives," Robach tweeted.