Lunden, 64, was diagnosed in June with triple negative breast cancer and decided to go public with her fight.
"I had to make this big decision about whether or not to do the cover with no hair. It certainly isn't the comfortable way to go, but I decided I was going to try and help others and show women that this isn't the end of the world," Lunden said at People.com. "You can go on – and that was hugely empowering."
Read the full story here at People.com. The print issue of the magazine hits newsstands on Friday.
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