World-renowned Toronto cancer hospital receives $50 million donation

A Toronto cancer hospital has received a $50 million donation to support research into the disease.

"I was like stunned. I really was," she told CTV National News.

Gattuso was diagnosed in 2002, the same year her mother had passed away from ovarian cancer.

"I was very lucky with Stage 1 and had radiation for five-and-a-half weeks," said Gattuso.

She was treated at the Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation in Toronto, a world-renowned centre for breakthrough cancer research.