Michael Strahan reveals his daughter has brain cancer on ‘Good Morning America’

Michael Strahan, center, and his daughters Sophia Strahan, left, and Isabella Strahan arrive at the Kids’ Choice Sports Awards on Thursday, July 11, 2019, at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, Calif.

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Good Morning America anchor and former NFL player Michael Strahan revealed on Thursday’s show that his teenage daughter was recently diagnosed with medulloblastoma, a rare form of brain cancer.

“I’m very proud of her and she’s always been strong and this is something that is so personal that I didn’t know if it would be something that she’d want to share,” Strahan said.

But Isabella Strahan, a 19-year-old student at the University of Southern California, decided to tell her own story to GMA‘s Robin Roberts.

Isabella said in September, she began experiencing extreme headaches, as well as nausea and an inability to walk straight. At first, she thought she had vertigo. But in late October, she began vomiting blood. She texted her twin sister Sophia, who informed the rest of the family. Michael Strahan then took her to the doctor.

Isabella’s MRI results showed a fast-growing, four centimeter brain tumor that was larger than a golf ball. She had an emergency surgery to have the tumor removed the next day, Roberts said.

But Isabella recently rang the bell, a celebratory tradition for cancer patients who complete their radiation or chemotherapy treatment. Isabella had 30 sessions of radiation and will begin chemotherapy at Duke University in February, she said.

Isabella was in rehabilitation for a month and had to learn to walk again. Now, she says she’s feeling good.

“I’m very excited for this whole process to wrap, but you just have to keep…