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'Dancing With The Stars' co-host has cancer

Posted: 08 Nov 2012 08:57 PM PST

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Dancing With The Stars co-host Brooke Burke said on Thursday that she has been diagnosed with thyroid cancer and will need surgery.

The television presenter and model said in a three-minute video posted on the website Modernmom.com that she will need her thyroid removed.

"I need to have thyroid surgery and a thyroidectomy, which means I'm going to have a nice, big scar right here on neck," Burke said, drawing a finger across her throat.

Burke, a former winner of ABC's celebrity ballroom dancing competition, said she had a biopsy in July, but it had taken her months to go public with the results.

There was no word on when the surgery would take place, but Burke's publicist said her work schedule for Dancing With The Stars would not be affected.

Burke, 47, said in July that her doctor suggested she undergo a thyroid ultrasound after he felt a lump in her neck during a routine physical.

The thyroid is a gland in the neck that produces hormones that regulate vital body functions, such as heart rate and blood pressure.

Burke's co-host Tom Bergeron said on Thursday during an appearance on the CBS chat show The Talk that he had known about her condition for several months. "We are all there with her," he said.

"I've known about this for a few months ... I have had experience with this in my family. You never want to hear the word cancer. But thyroid cancer is one of the most treatable cancers. It has an incredibly high success rate," he said.

Favourite choice

Posted: 09 Nov 2012 01:42 AM PST

The station more people are waking up to is Red FM.

THE alarm rings, you wake up, turn on the radio and it's tuned to Red FM. Yes, more people in Malaysia are choosing to wake up to Red FM, and recent Nielsen survey results have proven this. Let's check out the appeal of The Red Breakfast Show (Mondays to Fridays, 6am-10am). The show hosted by Lil' Kev and Sarimah offers a whole load of exciting segments, providing you with conversation starters for your busy day ahead.

The newest addition to the show is Redopedia. Everyday, the hosts give you a fact that may or may not be useful. For example, did you know that a cow can walk up the stairs but it can't walk down on its own?

With Word Outta, the Red FM breakfast team teaches you a new word daily.

Sarimah first gives Lil' Kev the word of the day and he makes a sentence using the word without knowing its meaning.

She then explains what the word means and gives its Bahasa Malaysia equivalent as well.

Also, from 9am each day, both the hosts will be vying for your vote in the segment Last Call. Each of them picks a song he/she wants played on air.

The banter they offer to make you pick their selection is priceless and may, or may, not include low blows. As they continue to vie for your vote, Lil' Kev and Sarimah give you The Dirt on the latest gossip and entertainment news. At the end of the hour, the winner gets his/her song played.

Need an ice breaker?

Share the Daily 5 that sometimes stays on the safe side with The Top 5 Denzel Washington movies or strays to be more risqué with The Top 5 Annoying Things Girls Do.

Relive hit songs from the 1990s and early 2000s with Retro Fridays where the programme entertains with tunes from your school days that you can sing along to.

Be it retro, R'n'B or classic rock, there is a song for everyone to relate to.

For more information, log on to www.red.fm. Join the Red FM Malaysia Facebook fan page on www.facebook.com/redfm.my and follow them on Twitter @iloveredfm.

Red FM is owned and operated by The Star.

> Red FM's Station Frequencies: Taiping, Kedah, Perlis and Pulau Langkawi: 98.1FM; George Town and Seberang Prai: 107.6FM; Ipoh, Perak: 106.4FM; Klang Valley, Negri Sembilan and Tapah: 104.9FM; Kuantan, Pahang: 91.6FM, Batu Pahat and Malacca: 98.9FM; Johor Baru and Singapore: 92.8FM

Kredit: www.thestar.com.my

Khamis, 8 November 2012