Aussie supermodel Elle Macpherson says she “healed through” her breast cancer in a bombshell interview with 60 Minutes, after sparking outrage over revelations she rejected modern treatments in favour of a “holistic” approach

Ms Macpherson, 60, sat down with Tracy Grimshaw on the program in a tell-all about the diagnosis, revealed in her new memoir

She controversially claimed she had “healed through breast cancer” with the use of holistic treatments, despite admitting she had received two lumpectomy surgeries

Asked if she believed she had “cured” her cancer, Ms Macpherson responded: “The word cure is a very interesting word”

“No, I healed through breast cancer”[…]
“I had a very formidable team that helped me through it

“So now I would, you know I’m clinically in remission, that’s words that you know most doctors would say”

In the book, she recounts how she was diagnosed with breast cancer back in 2017

The revelation prompted more outrage than sympathy after she also revealed she had opted not to follow conventional treatments to treat the cancer after undergoing lumpectomy surgeries[…]
Ms Macpherson’s doctors had also advised her to follow up with surgery to remove her breast, along with radiation, chemotherapy and hormone therapy treatments

Ms Macpherson said she rejected these conventional treatments – and went against the advice of 32 other doctors

Instead, she decided on a “holistic” approach under the guidance of two doctors based in Phoenix, Arizona

Her treatments included natural medications through “intravenous drips, dentistry, osteopaths, chiropractors and a lot of spiritual work”

“I think if I have a choice of losing my life or losing my breasts, I think I would choose to lose the breasts,” Ms Macpherson told[…]
“That was the alternative that I was given”

Ms Macpherson claims she is now in remission and said her decision was based on what had resonated with her for the last 20 years, denying it was a “vanity” choice