Strictly Come Dancing professional Amy Dowden has said she no longer feels “emotionally attached” to her body following her most recent mastectomy.

The Welsh dancer, 35, was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2023 and subsequently underwent chemotherapy and a mastectomy.

On Friday night, Dowden appeared on Channel 4’s Stand Up To Cancer and reflected on her 2023 appearance when she spoke to the show with a shaved head amid her treatment for the disease.

She said: “Two years ago, very different story when I was here last.

“I had no hair, I didn’t even recognise myself, actually, but I’m so proud of how far I’ve come.

“At the time I was going through the hardest journey of my life. A cancer diagnosis, it changes you forever.

“I still receive monthly injections on the oncology unit. I’ve b

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