Veteran Atlanta anchor Jovita Moore reveals brain cancer diagnosis
Longtime Atlanta news anchor Jovita Moore has revealed she has an aggressive form of brain cancer.
Moore, of Channel 2 Action News, asked the station to reveal her glioblastoma diagnosis this week.
The WSB-TV anchor underwent surgery in April in the days following doctors’ discovery of two masses in her brain, the station reported Thursday.
There is currently no cure for glioblastoma, merely treatments to slow the disease, the outlet notes.
“Our girl is strong. Our girl is a fighter and she’s doing great every day,” WSB-TV Community and Public Affairs Director Condace Pressley, a friend of Moore’s for over 20 years, said in the announcement.
Though the friends “may cry a little bit,” Pressley said of the mother of three that, “At the end of the day, she is a fighter, and she is surrounded by love and prayers and positivity.”
Some of the tumor was removed in April and glioblastoma, the most common type of brain cancer, is neither hereditary nor a factor of a person’s diet or lifestyle, Moore’s surgeon, Dr. Edjah Nduom of Emory University Hospital, told the outlet.
“We know that our treatments do work. Radiation and chemotherapy certainly slow down lesions like this, but they don’t cure them. So that means we have to look for new options,” Nduom, whose specialty is glioblastoma, told Channel 2.
Nduom, who had permission from Moore to speak on her treatment, said he recently saw her in clinic and that the anchor “was in good spirits, she was with friends and family as always.
“All of these things play into patients who do better when they face a disease like this and I got to tell you, Ms. Moore’s got one of the best teams I’ve ever seen,” said the doctor.
Those interested in sending notes to Moore on Channel’s 2 website can do so here. Cards can be sent to WSB-TV, 1601 W Peachtree Street NE, Atlanta, GA, 30309.
Anyone looking to support Moore is asked to consider donating to Our House Atlanta and The National Brain Tumor Society.
