"I bet I wouldn't have if I knew I could hide it," Delaney-Smith said. "However, the woman journalist was right: you can help a lot of women."
Regardless of how reluctantly she might have assumed her role in the public eye, Delaney-Smith's upbeat and courageous manner has furnished a wonderful example for others afflicted with the illness.
"It's a horrible disease, but there are wonderful survival stories," she said. "You can get through it."
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Delaney-Smith is living proof of that.