'I'll call you next week!' Brooke Burke-Charvet reveals how she brushed off doctor's cancer diagnosis

Brooke Burke-Charvet is making good on her promise to raise awareness about thyroid cancer.
The 41-year-old model and television star sat down with Katie Couric for a segment on the anchor's new daytime chat show on Wednesday, and revealed she brushed off her doctor's initial warnings about the mass in her throat.
Covering the inch-long scar from the December 6 operation in a black turtleneck, she said: 'I sort of went, "Oh, okay. I'm gonna call you next week." And the doctor said, "No, no, no Brooke. You need to have a thyroidectomy done and you need to schedule this."'

Speaking out: Brooke Burke-Charvet talked about undergoing a thyroidectomy on ABC's Katie on Wednesday

The Dancing with the Stars host recalled receiving the shocking diagnosis.

'My doctor felt a very questionable, tiny little lump,' she explained. 'He said to get an ultrasound, and I got an ultrasound, and then they suggested a biopsy. I had my first biopsy and my results came back atypical... they couldn't confirm whether it was cancer or not.'

Brooke pushed forward to get further testing and had seven biopsies conducted on the mass.

'Three days later I got the call from the doctor, who said, "Yeah, you have 75 percent positive for cancer and you need to have a thyroidectomy,"' she said. 

Cancer-free: Brooke, 41, said she felt incredibly lucky to have survived the disease

Shock: The star admitted she was stunned at the diagnosis

But once she got the information, she wasn't ready to face it.

'It's something that you never think that you're going to experience,' she said, recalling how she told her doctor she'd get in touch later.
The television star then removed her black cover-up and revealed the inch-long scar in the centre of her neck, admitting she feels incredibly lucky to have survived the ordeal.
Brooke opened up about her diagnosis in November on her blog, knowing after doctors removed the butterfly-shaped gland in her neck she would have to one day address it.

Stunning: Brooke tweeted this picture of herself with host Katie Couric, after removing her sweater to reveal her scar

She blogged about the process through the entire ordeal - even the day of her surgery - and has continued to share her progress with fans online and with television appearances.
Speaking on Good Morning America earlier this month, Brooke said she hopes her story will urge others to take their health more seriously.

'The message really is about preventative health because I had no symptoms,' she explained on GMA. 'And generally, thyroid cancer is very subtle symptoms. I went for a regular physical - my early physical.'

Still a pro: The Dancing with the Stars host showed off the inch-long scar across her neck after an appearance earlier this month on Good Morning America