ESPN's Hannah Storm opens up publicly on breast cancer diagnosis for the first time in emotional Good Morning America interview as she reveals she's now clear

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ESPN anchor Hannah Storm has opened up on her breast cancer diagnosis publicly for the first time in an emotional interview on 'Good Morning America' on Tuesday. 

The 61-year-old sports broadcaster, who joined ESPN in 2008 and now anchors the network's 'SportsCenter' among other shows - revealed that she was diagnosed in January with ductal carcinoma in situ, or DCIS, which is considered to be the earliest form of breast cancer.

DCIS is noninvasive, meaning it hasn't spread out of the milk duct and has a low risk of becoming invasive, according to Mayo Clinic. 

Storm, who along with Andrea Kremer became the first female duo to call an NFL game back in 2018, told GMA's Robin Roberts that she successfully went under the knife for lumpectomy surgery, leading her to now be cancer-free, according to her doctors.

However, she will have to take tamoxifen - an antiestrogen drug used to treat breast cancer - for the next three years while continuing to be medically monitored. 

ESPN anchor Hannah Storm said she developed DCIS, a type of stage 0 breast cancer, in Jan.

Storm said she and her doctor were both shell-shocked over her diagnosis because she has no history of breast cancer in her family. What's more is that she previously had no risk factors on top of the yearly screenings she gets. 

'I was shocked because, again, I had had mammograms every year. I have no risk factors. I have no breast cancer in my family. I did not have a lump. I did not have pain. I don't have any genetic predisposition to breast cancer,' Storm said. 

'And what I came to learn is the vast majority of women who are diagnosed with breast cancer don't have risk factors, and so I've got to say I was shocked. I was scared.'

Storm (far left) with her husband, Dan Hicks, and their three daughters shown on GMA on Tues.

Storm recalled undergoing a mammogram during a yearly breast cancer screening in November 2023, and became anxious when her test results were immediately made known to her.

She contacted her doctor, who told her she had 'dense breasts' and needed to do an ultrasound, which she didn't think twice about because she had done it before. 

After results from her ultrasound came through in January, Storm said her doctors advised her to go for a biopsy. Less than a day later, she was informed of her DCIS diagnosis. 

Storm, who has three daughters with her husband, Dan Hicks, considers herself fortunate because of the early detection of her cancer.