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Olympic gold medalist Dorothy Hamill is undergoing treatment for breast cancer. Hamill said in a statement Friday that she is being treated at the Kimmel Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins. The prognosis is favorable, but the 51-year-old Hamill said she will miss some of the “Broadway on Ice” tour while she is having treatment. .

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Dorothy Hamill, who earned a gold medal for the United States in the 1976 Olympics, has begun treatment for breast cancer in Maryland.  People magazine said Friday that while the 51-year-old figure skating star will be forced to miss several Broadway on Ice performances due to the treatment, her prognosis is very favorable.  A representative for Hamill said if the medical efforts at Baltimore’s Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center go as planned, the gold medal-winning skater should rejoin the national tour on Jan. 16 when it arrives in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

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BALTIMORE (AP) — Olympic gold medalist Dorothy Hamill is undergoing treatment for breast cancer.  Hamill said in a statement Friday that she is being treated at the Kimmel Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins. The prognosis is favorable, but the 51-year-old Hamill said she will miss some of the “Broadway on Ice” tour while she is having treatment.  Olympic gold medalist Brian Boitano, one of Hamill’s good friends, will fill in for her, beginning Saturday night in Sarasota, Fla. Hamill said she hopes to rejoin the tour in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., where it has shows Jan. 16-17. Then 19, Hamill became America’s sweetheart and a fashion icon when she won the gold medal at the 1976 Olympics. Her bright smile and bubbly personality made her a marketing dream — she was once listed as the “Most Trusted Sports Figure in America” by Ladies Home Journal — and her trademark wedge haircut sent girls across the country flocking to the hairdresser.