Norville concluded her message by asking for viewers' support: "If you believe in prayer, please say one for me - and for my surgeon - and I thank you very much."Īccording to the American Cancer Society, about 52,070 people are diagnosed with thyroid cancer every year, with women nearly three times more likely to develop the disease as men.
There will be no chemo, I'm told no radiation, but I will have surgery and I'll be away for a bit," she explained. "The doctor says it's a very localized form of cancer, which tomorrow I'll have surgery to have removed. Until recently it was something," she shared. Her doctor told her it was a thyroid nodule and posed no harm. It was a lump." Norville said she'd never noticed the lump, but had it checked out to be sure everything was OK. "And, a long time ago, an 'Inside Edition' viewer reached out to say she'd seen something on my neck. "When you work on television, viewers comment on everything - your hair, your makeup, the dress you're wearing," she continued. "We live in a world of 'see something, say something,' and I'm really glad we do," Norville, 60, said in a video message to viewers. The "Inside Edition" host and former TODAY anchor revealed Monday that she and her doctor have been monitoring the lump ever since a viewer brought it to her attention some time ago. Is Deborah Norville undergo surgery for a cancerous thyroid nodule?ĭeborah Norville will undergo surgery to remove a cancerous thyroid nodule from her neck - and she's giving thanks to the eagle-eyed viewer who first spotted it.