Overview
- The 35-year-old confirmed in an Instagram video that the surgery will take place in the coming days.
- Her medical team told her to expect a straightforward recovery if all goes well.
- She will sit out in-person Strictly duties for now and plans to cheer the cast from home.
- Dowden said she hopes to rejoin her Strictly family once she has healed.
- She previously had a mastectomy and chemotherapy in 2023 after a breast cancer diagnosis, which kept her off the show that year.