Amy Robach Diagnosed With Breast Cancer During Live Show [VIDEO]

Journalist Amy Robach, of ABC's "Good Morning America," talked Monday about being diagnosed with breast cancer during a live broadcast.

Robach shared her experience on ABC News, where she explains that after a mammography during her show in October, she was diagnosed with breast cancer.

During the "Good Morning America" broadcast for Cancer Awareness Month, Robach was the patient of a study carried out by specialists invited to promote early detection of the disease.

While the 40-year-old journalist wasn't too sure about the mammography at first, in the end she went into a mobile center wearing a pink hospital gown, and underwent the mammography.

After that, Robach came out happy and serene, saying hi to her colleagues and telling them about the experience.

The study revealed that Robach has breast cancer, news that the journalist herself shared live during the broadcast Monday.

According to People, the reporter is married to actor Andrew Shue, with whom she has two daughters and three stepsons. During the "Good Morning America" broadcast, Robach told her colleagues how hard it was to tell her husband and family the news.

"The hardest thing was telling my sons. But that's when you have to be strong, because you have to be strong for others", Robach said, who also revealed that she would undergo a double mastectomy.

She thanked her colleague Robin Roberts for talking her into getting tested, saying that it's possible she saved her life as the cancer was detected early.

"I'm thankful of doing the test that day. Robin's words are still ringing inside me. If I undergo a mammography live and save a life, then it was worth it. I never imagined that life would be my own," she said.