Hoda Kotb Hasn't Told Her Daughters She Had Breast Cancer for This Poignant Reason

Hoda Kotb Hasn't Told Her Daughters She Had Breast Cancer for This Poignant Reason

When Hoda Kotb was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2007, she faced not only the terrifying realities of treatment, including a mastectomy, but also the loss of her fertility. “It was one of the most difficult parts of the whole thing,” Kotb told SheKnows earlier this month from Washington, DC, where she was advocating for better access to breast cancer screening and diagnostic tests as part of the Alliance for Breast Cancer Policy, created by th…

"During the time when my husband and I wanted to start a family, I found out that I had breast cancer. When the diagnosis was confirmed, we knew that having a child would not be possible for some time," says Karolína Koprnová about the difficult period in her life. The young woman was diagnosed a year and a half ago when she was 26 years old. Since she was trying to get pregnant at the time, she immediately started googling as much information a…