"I'm cancer free, totally cancer free," she told reporter Jon Kelly. "I stand before you a completely healthy person."

Etheridge underwent two cancer surgeries last October, during which a tumor and some lymph nodes were removed from her breast.

During an unannounced appearance at this February's Grammy Awards ceremony, Etheridge--bald after undergoing chemotherapy--made her first public performance since she was diagnosed with breast cancer last October, sharing the stage with young singer Joss Stone during a tribute to Janis Joplin.