First Published: November 11, 2013 10:17 AM EST Credit: Getty Images
NEW YORK, N.Y. -- 
Caption Amy Robach attends National Lesbian And Gay Journalists Association 18th Annual New York Benefit on March 21, 2013 in New YorkABC News correspondent Amy Robach says she has breast cancer, a month after she was given a mammogram on the air for a “Good Morning America” story.
Robach said Monday she’ll have both breasts surgically removed Thursday.
She was asked by producers to have the mammogram for a story because she was 40, an age where women are encouraged to be more vigilant checking for breast cancer.
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She said a doctor told her the mammogram saved her life.
Robach was a frequent fill-in on ABC’s morning show while Robin Roberts was fighting a serious blood and bone marrow disease.
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