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Vanessa Trump, the former wife of Donald Trump Jr., has announced that she is cancer-free following her breast cancer diagnosis earlier this year.
Trump, 48, who has five children with President Donald Trump’s eldest son, shared in a short video on her 19-year-old daughter Kai’s Instagram account that her recent test results “came back clear, so I’m finally cancer-free.”
After the Instagram post on Friday, Vanessa and Kai Trump released a longer video on Saturday in which they discuss breast cancer awareness, early detection and prevention.
Vanessa Trump split from Trump Jr in 2018 and announced last year that she had started dating US pro golfer Tiger Woods.
“October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, a time to raise awareness about early detection, education and support for those affected by breast cancer,” Kai Trump wrote on Instagram.
“I sat down with my mom and Dr. Nicole Saphier to talk about my mom’s journey with breast cancer and learn more about prevention and early detection,” she continued.
Kai’s post received over 20,000 likes and hundreds of comments from people offering support and well wishes, including American singer and media personality Mary Millben.
Vanessa Trump explained in the YouTube video that she had been experiencing arm pain for several months before she discovered a lump in her breast, which tests confirmed was a cancerous tumor.
“It’s a process you have to deal with,” she said of the days spent waiting for her test results.
“You have to be mentally strong for yourself because you will need the strength to fight no matter what challenge it is that comes your way.”
Trump said she was first diagnosed with breast cancer in April. She publicly announced the diagnosis in May, saying in a social media post that she had undergone surgery and was working on a treatment plan with her medical team.
She eventually had a lumpectomy and radiation treatments, she said.
According to the American Cancer Society, a woman’s average risk of developing breast cancer in the United States is about 1 in 8, or 13%. The disease also accounts for 30% of all new female cancers each year, according to the group.
Surgery cures most breast cancers, but if disease remains, chemotherapy, radiotherapy and endocrine therapy can reduce the long-term risk.
Treatments have advanced, including more targeted therapies for early breast cancer, new types of hormonal therapies, and more precise and effective radiotherapy.
