Barbara Walters had a lumpectomy following a cancer scare.
The 85-year-old star has revealed she went under the knife more than five years ago after she discovered a lump on her breast.
The TV presenter only ever told a few people about the lumpectomy saying she ‘had no reason to’ talk about it.
Talking about her scare at the Breast Cancer Research Symposium and Awards luncheon in New York, Barbara said: "Some years back, more than five now, I discovered a small lump in my breast. I had a lumpectomy. I hadn't talked about it. There was no reason to. There were other choices that were possible, this was mine. I told a few people and I am fine. I've had no recurrence."
Barbara who was being honoured with the Sandra Taub Humanitarian Award, praised the event's host, Amy Robach, who discovered she had cancer during an on-air mammogram as part of a segment on 'Good Morning America'.
Barbara said: "When [Amy] discovered she had breast cancer, she handled it in the most magnificent and wise, sensitive way. I think what Amy has done, and the path she has chosen, has saved the lives of many women."
'The View' co-host also admitted to having her ovaries removed as a precautionary measure after her sister passed away from ovarian cancer.
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