Robin Roberts Suffering from Bone Marrow Disease

Robin Roberts Reveals Blood Disorder Diagnosis

By Derrick Bryson Taylor

Five years after beating breast cancer, Good Morning America anchor Robin Roberts is faced with another medical threat — myelodysplastic syndrome, a disease of the blood and bone marrow.

In a very personal letter posted on GMA's website, Roberts explained that her previous cancer treatment caused her current condition. "My doctors tell me I'm going to beat this – and I know it's true," she writes. Despite frightful statistics online, Roberts' doctors say they don't apply to her. She's younger and fitter than most diagnosed with the disease.

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