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| Celebrities Diagnosed With Cancer |
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It has been dubbed the Big C and several other names. It is a disease that can alter the faith of those faithful and scatter the small hope of those hopeless. It is an affliction that doesn’t categorize and can care less for the afflicted's status in life. It is a disease that the world is fighting. It is cancer. To put it in layman's terms, cancer is an illness that begins with a tumor. Any person can have cancer. Even the popular and prominent celebs go through the ins and outs of cancer. Here are several of very talented and popular stars that were diagnosed with cancer. Each one celebrities came forward in the open and gave it their all while fighting the life altering disease.
Christina Applegate is a much loved mainstream actress that played the role of Kelly Bundy on the show: Married With Children and currently as Samantha Newly on the show, Samantha Who. In August, 2008, reports that Applegate have breast cancer are released over all mediums. Her publicist confirmed the reports that Applegate is diagnosed with breast cancer. The nice thing about the diagnosis was that it was caught in starting stages. The problem was found on just one of her breasts but the actress decided to have a double mastectomy operation in the same month. Christina's mom is a cancer survivor Which means her cancer is heavily on the hereditary side, she decided to act upon the fatal threat as soon as possible. The star is now doing great and will be given reconstructive surgery in the coming months.
Hailed as one of the best female pop singers, Sheryl Crow is also a songwriter, political activist and has nine Grammy Awards to her name. The performer was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2006. Just like Christina Applegate, the disease was found early. Sheryl underwent a lumpectomy, which is a surgery to remove the cancer in the breast. Sheryl also had radiation treatment for nearly two months after the surgery. The artist has been without cancer since the operation and is luckily on her second year as a cancer survivor.
Christened as Francine Joy Drescher, Fran is greatly recognized all over as Fran Fine from her TV series, The Nanny. In 2000, Drescher was rushed to the hospital because of uterine cancer, a type of cancer where the cancer attacks the uterus of a person. Her cancer, thankfully, was still in its first stage when the surgery to take out the cancer was made thus she didn’t go along with chemotherapy or radiation treatment. After seven years of being no longer with cancer, the popular actress began an organization to assist others who are afflicted with cancer. The name of the organization is Cancer Schmancer Movement.
The dashing and handsome Patrick Swayze... Guys envied his scene with Demi Moore in the movie, Ghost, and ladies went limp with his dancing moves in Dirty Dancing. No one can claim that they don’t know Patrick Swayze. He is now battling pancreatic cancer. He has been undergoing chemotherapy and a surgery to take out soiled areas of his stomach. His struggle is long from being over but he’s still out there winning the fight. He recently gave a heartfelt talk at the Stand Up To Cancer 2008 event.
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