Amy Dowden almost delayed chemo after her cancer diagnosis as she was so scared of missing Strictly but was pushed to go ahead with treatment [Video]

20:03 EST 10 Feb 2024 , updated 20:29 EST 10 Feb 2024

Amy Dowden was so scared of taking time off from Strictly Come Dancing that she almost decided against having chemotherapy.

Professional dancer Amy, 33, was diagnosed with breast cancer in May last year, and underwent a mastectomy in July, taking 2023 off from the BBC ballroom dance contest while she underwent treatment.

But her friend, Dragon’s Den star Sara Davies, who competed on Strictly in 2021, has told how she had to convince Amy to go ahead with her treatment when it was offered.

Businesswoman Sara said Amy had been ‘hardwired’ to dance from a young age and the thought of taking time off to concentrate on her health scared her.

Sara said on the Invite Only podcast: ‘I spent a lot of time with her at the start of the cancerdiagnosis when she wasn’t feeling positive. She’d been dealt a bad hand and she was struggling with …