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The kind of intense fitness buff who has said she works out for at least an hour every day, never skips her vitamins and maintains a veggie-fueled diet, Crow was given an "excellent" prognosis, her rep said in a statement, noting that she will begin radiation therapy in March "as a precaution."
Now, as she recuperates at her Hollywood Hills home, friends of the 44-year-old singer say she has handled the news and its aftermath with the characteristic determination of a woman who has won nine Grammys and sold more than 16 million albums. "She is optimistic," says Doug Ulman, the chief mission officer for the Lance Armstrong Foundation and a close friend of both Crow and Armstrong. "She's received good news all along this process and she's ready to move forward to the next phase of her treatment with a great attitude."
The singer herself sounded a resilient note in announcing the news. "I am inspired by the brave women who have faced this battle before me and grateful for the support of family and friends," she said in a statement posted on her Web site. Emphasizing "the importance of early detection and new treatments," she added, "I am joining the more than 200,000 women who will be diagnosed with breast cancer this year . . . I encourage all women to advocate for themselves and for their future."
