Supermodel Elle Macpherson explains why a holistic approach to breast cancer treatment worked for her

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Elle Macpherson (pic) reveals in her upcoming memoir that she was diagnosed with breast cancer seven years ago and is now in "clinical remission" after opting out of a traditional treatment path for the disease.

In Elle: Life, Lessons, And Learning To Trust Yourself, the Australian supermodel known as "the Body" said she had a lumpectomy after being diagnosed with the form of breast cancer known in the medical field as HER2 positive estrogen receptor (ER) positive ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS).