--- title: Janice Dickinson Diagnosed With Breast Cancer description: Dickinson was diagnosed after a doctor found a small lump on her breast. canonical: https://time.com/4274151/janice-dickinson-cancer/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-03-28T19:40:40.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T09:02:07.796Z og:title: Supermodel Janice Dickinson Diagnosed With Breast Cancer og:description: She says she feels like she's living in a 'nightmarish dream' og:url: https://time.com/4274151/janice-dickinson-cancer/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1062f6d362e7d9d8/69888cbfab6d773e556a905a/janice-dickinson-breast-cancer-diagnosis.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: janice-dickinson-breast-cancer-diagnosis og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Supermodel Janice Dickinson Diagnosed With Breast Cancer twitter:description: She says she feels like she's living in a 'nightmarish dream' twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1062f6d362e7d9d8/69888cbfab6d773e556a905a/janice-dickinson-breast-cancer-diagnosis.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Janice Dickinson Reacts to Her Breast Cancer Diagnosis: ‘I’m Going to Stick Around For a Long Time’ > Sponsored content. 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Paul Archuleta—FilmMagic/Getty Images by [Char Adams / People](https://time.com/author/people/) ## Char Adams / People Contributor Mar 28, 2016 7:40 PM UTC [Janice Dickinson](http://www.people.com/people/news/category/0,,personsTax:JaniceDickinson,00.html) has revealed that she has been diagnosed with breast cancer. The former supermodel made the announcement on Monday, saying she feels like she is living in a “nightmarish dream,” in a video interview with [DailyMail.com](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3509772/I-breast-cancer-Courageous-supermodel-Janice-Dickinson-reveals-diagnosed-disease-says-Don-t-feel-sorry-m-gonna-stick-long-long-time.html). “It’s still quite shocking. You know, I’ve had plastic surgery and I’ve had breast implants and I’ve always been very vocal of what I’ve done, because I tell the truth about everything. As I am right now,” the 61-year-old said. She said she received the news about two weeks ago while out on a shopping trip with her 22-year-old daughter, Savannah – “I got the call and my doctor informed me that yes, it is indeed cancer,” she said. Dickinson explained that days earlier during a routine exam, her doctor found a pea-sized lump on her right breast that didn’t “feel right” and told her the growth needed to be checked out. “I became fearful,” Dickinson said of that moment. “But not for myself. I was fearful for my two children. My fiancé, my loving fiancé [Rocky](http://www.people.com/article/janice-dickinson-breaks-down-vh1-couples-therapy).” She described telling her son, Nathan, about the diagnosis. “When I got the news, this was very, very difficult. My son called me and I had to tell my son the news. But when I heard my son choke, he said, ‘I haven’t cried in 20 years.’ I said, ‘me either.’ I wasn’t crying then either,” she said. “It’s a proud moment to know that I’m so loved and so lucky. Today I got very scared … I just got scared. It hit me. It hit me.” Dickinson said she is determined to survive the illness. “I’m going to get through this. You betcha, kiddo,” she said. “And I’ll be just fine. This is not a pity party. I’m Janice Dickinson. I’m going to stick around for a long long time.” _This_ [_article_](http://www.people.com/article/janice-dickinson-breast-cancer-diagnosed?xid=socialflow%5Ffacebook%5Fpeoplemag) _originally appeared on_ [_People.com_](http://www.people.com) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4274151/janice-dickinson-cancer/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4274151/janice-dickinson-cancer/"},"headline":"Janice Dickinson Reacts to Her Breast Cancer Diagnosis: ‘I’m Going to Stick Around For a Long Time’","datePublished":"2016-03-28T19:40:40.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T09:02:07.796Z","description":"She says she feels like she's living in a 'nightmarish dream'","url":"https://time.com/4274151/janice-dickinson-cancer/","keywords":["motto","Cancer","Breast Cancer","News"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1062f6d362e7d9d8/69888cbfab6d773e556a905a/janice-dickinson-breast-cancer-diagnosis.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Char Adams / People"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1062f6d362e7d9d8/69888cbfab6d773e556a905a/janice-dickinson-breast-cancer-diagnosis.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"janice-dickinson-breast-cancer-diagnosis","caption":"Janice Dickinson attends the 'Lord Of The Freaks' premiere at the Egyptian Theatre on June 29, 2015 in Hollywood, California.","creditText":"Paul Archuleta—FilmMagic/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/motto/","name":"motto"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4274151/janice-dickinson-cancer/","name":"Janice Dickinson Reacts to Her Breast Cancer Diagnosis: ‘I’m Going to Stick Around For a Long Time’"}}]}] ```