Elle Macpherson’s Cancer Battle Is Different From Yours

When celebrities go public with their diagnoses of cancer or other diseases, they’re often lauded as courageous for raising awareness and making people who share their diagnosis feel less alone. Other times, they’re chastised in the media for setting a bad example.

The latest famous cancer case involves supermodel Elle Macpherson, age 60, whose breast cancer tale has lit up the media. She claims she used an “intuitive, heart-led, holistic” approach to remaining healthy and glowing seven years after being diagnosed with a non-invasive breast cancer for which her doctor recommended more radical surgery, chemotherapy and radiation.