Celebrities With Breast Cancer

Published on May 05 2010, in the categories: celebrities

An old saying says that in front of disease and God we are all equal. Some celebrities are the living proof that breast cancer, for instance, makes no choice.

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Sheryl Crow, now 48, was diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer in late February 2006. “I am a walking advertisement for early detection,” Crow said in October 2006. It all started by catching a suspicious calcification in both of her breasts on a routine mammogram. She was able to skip chemotherapy because her cancer was caught at an early stage.
Crow, who has no close family history of breast cancer, used to be engaged with cancer survivor and cyclist Lance Armstrong, but ended it around the time she was diagnosed. She petitioned Congress to fund research into possible links between breast cancer and environmental factors, in March 2007.
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Another famous singer, pop star Kylie Minogue was diagnosed in May 2005, at the age of 36. A second round of tests gave her the chance to fight and defeat breast cancer. A partial mastectomy, chemotherapy, and radiation followed the discovery of the lump in her left breast. “Just because someone is in a white coat and using big medical instruments doesn’t necessarily mean they’re right,” said Minogue, after experiencing a misdiagnosis at first.
In January 2003, a back strain made famous singer Anastacia decided to have her breasts reduced. A routine mammogram for the surgery showed she had breast cancer. She immediately started and successfully completed surgery and radiotherapy. Together with Estee Lauder, the artist created "The Anastacia Fund", to help raise awareness about breast cancer and the importance of mammograms to women 35 and under.
Acting celebrities aren’t immune to the disease as well. And while for most women, the idea of parting with one breast, let alone two, is unimaginable, Christina Applegate (the star of the sitcom “Samantha Who?”) opted to do so. She was diagnosed with breast cancer in the summer of 2008, even though cancer was found in only one breast. The actress was tested positive for the BRCA-1 gene mutation. She chose mastectomy to reduce the chance of cancer spreading and planned a breast reconstruction surgery.
Applegate founded Right Action for Women, a charitable foundation dedicated to breast cancer screening for high-risk women who can’t afford MRI testing, which the actress credits by giving her an early start on treatment.
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Cynthia Nixon (now 44), was hesitant to reveal that a cancerous tumor had been discovered in her right breast during a routine mammogram. Nixon, best-known for her role in “Sex and the City,” didn't want her condition to become public during her treatment. She quietly battled breast cancer in 2006 by undergoing a lumpectomy and radiation treatment, and she went public about her recovery two years later. “I didn’t want paparazzi at the hospital, that kind of thing,” said Nixon after treating her cancer. She has also a survivor breast cancer mother, that is why she decided to tell her story when she realized it might serve as an inspiration for other women at risk. Nixon is now an ambassador for Susan G. Komen for the Cure, an organization dedicated to fighting breast cancer.

Famous Women With Breast Cancer

Published on Mar 30 2010, in the categories: breast cancer, celebrities

Breast cancer is a cancer in which the cells of the breast tissue divide and grow without any control. It is the second leading cause of death in the whole world, and of course.. is the most common disease in women. Another very serious problem which the medical world is facing, is that the breast cancer is becoming more common in very young patients, fact that was reported exceptionally 20 -30 years ago.

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Breast cancer is fully curable if it is diagnosed and treated in time.

Like all other cancers, breast cancer is fully curable if it is diagnosed and treated in early stages. This goal can be achieved only through self – examinations which are supposed to be made regularly (monthly) and in case of any abnormalities, immediately to have a medical examination (you can also find on this website many others effective information about self – examination). Here are some names of few famous women diagnosed with breast cancer, in an early stage, who fought breast cancer:

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- Debra Shipley – British politician
- Claire Shulman - former Borough President of Queens
- Carly Simon - singer
- Jaclyn Smith - actress
- Suzanne Somers - actress
- Karin Stanford - writer
- Koo Stark - actress
- Gloria Steinem -actres
- Lynne Stewart – lawyer/activist
- Gloria Stuart - actress
- Sarah Susanka - English architect and author
- Ruth Ann Swenson - soprano opera star
- Stephanie Swift - actress
- Jools Topp - singer
- Dawn Upshaw - soprano diva
- Ann Veneman - former head of U.S Dept. of Agriculture
- Joyce Wadler - journalist, writer and memoirist
- Linda Waterfall - singer and songwriter
- Corinne Wood - American politician
- Laura Ziskin - American film/Tv producer
- Christina Applegate - actress
- Kylie Minouge - singer
- Sheryl Crow - singer
- Betty Ford - former United States First Lady
- Wenche Foss - actress

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- Maria Friedman - actress
- France Gall - singer
- Liza Goddard- actress
- Christine Gregoire - Governor of Washington State
- Nanci Griffith - singer and songwriter
- Dorothy Hamill - American Olympic champion
- Jane Hamsher - film producer
- Sheila Hancock - actress
- Julie Harris - actress
- Marsha Hunt – singer and novelist
- Kate Jackson - actress
- Ann Jillian – actress
- Edna Campbell - professional basketball star
- Robin Carnahan -politician
- Diahann Carroll -actress and singer
- Beth Nielsen Chapman - singer and song writer
- Lois Chiles - actress
- Pat Danner -politician
- Ruby Dee- actress.
- Simone de Oliveira actress and singer
- Diana Dill actress
- Susan Duncan - author
- Barbara Ehrenreich -author and ethicist
- Jill Eikenberry - actress
- Linda Ellerbee – Tv journalist
- Eileen Brennan - actress
- Barbara Allen - politician
- Anastacia - singer
- Christina Applegate - actress
- Dame Eileen Atkins - actress
- Kaye Ballard - actress and singer
- Brigitte Bardot - actress
- Alexandra Bastedo - model and actress
- Allyce Beasley - actress
- Jami Bernard - author
- Shirley Temple Black - Oscar-winning child actress

What Singer Has Breast Cancer

Published on Mar 26 2010, in the categories: breast cancer, celebrities

“I was shocked when I heard this news”, says the singer Sheryl Crow after she was diagnosed with breast cancer in March 2006. The artist began the treatment for breast cancer right after diagnosis, at three weeks after her breakup with her former fiancé Lance Amstrong; Lance has maintained the contact with Sheryl, with her doctor and also with her family and he was confident in her ex-fiancée’s recovery because she has a strong character.

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Lace Amstrong was also diagnosed with testicular cancer, but he managed to recover after a difficult treatment.

According to some confident sources, the two stars did not know about the disease when they decided to separate.

Sheryl was confident in her chances of cure saying on her own homepage: “There is almost 1 American woman out of 7 which is annually diagnosed with breast cancer and more than 2 million of the Americans are living currently with this disease. I join the over 200000 women that will be diagnosed with breast cancer in 2006, in the United States.”

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Sheryl Crow recovered after surgery (witch had place in Los Angeles) and then she made a preventive treatment with radiation. She certainly is a breast cancer survivor.

But what about Sheryl and Lance relationship? It seems that the wounds were not healed by now.

Amstrong says with no regrets about his relationship with the country music singer that not their careers were the reason of breaking up, but simply they met in a wrong time of their lives. “Sheryl wanted desperately to get marry and have children. I wanted this too, but I was not ready yet, because I just got out of a marriage and I already had three children”.

Finally, Sheryl’s biological clock was stronger and they broke up. Since then, Cheryl Crow admit that she is still thinking of Lance almost every day. In 2007 she adopted a baby boy.

But she is not the only singer which was diagnosed with breast cancer. There are many more. For example, Sonique underwent the second surgery for breast cancer.

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“Sonique will be operated again for breast cancer because the doctors discovered that the first surgery was not successful and the tumor has spread” said Sky News.

The British singer underwent the first surgery in a London clinic after just one week from the diagnosis but the results tests after surgery showed that the disease has spread in the body. According to British doctors, the cancer has reached the lymph nodes and possible some organs too.

Sonique was planning to launch a new single this summer and she already set a tour of Europe but her spokesman announced that all this are depending on her health now.

The singer and also the DJ, Sonique became famous in the ‘80s, but she did not come on the first place in the charts until 2000 with the song “Feels So Good”.

Breast cancer is the most common form of a cancer in women and is the second cause of death; that is why we need to make clinical examination annually, self-examination each month, etc, because if it is diagnosed in an early stage, with appropriate treatment, the breast cancer is no longer feared.

Christina Applegate Breast Cancer

Published on Mar 22 2010, in the categories: breast cancer, Causes, celebrities, facts, survivors

As we all know, the breast cancer is a disease (like all cancers) that cause the cells to change and grow without control. Most types of the cancer cells are forming a lump or a mass which is called tumor. Breast cancer it begins in the breast tissue.

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But there are some things we do not know and I am sure many women would like to know if there is a way to prevent breast cancer. I heard this question often but unfortunately for now, there is no guaranteed way to prevent it, and that is why the mammograms are so important. A woman is best overall preventive health strategy besides regular mammograms, it is to reduce the risk factors as soon as possible; avoid at least the known risk factors as obesity, and alcohol. All women should consider the increased risk of this disease associated with use of combined hormone – estrogen and progestin – this is the therapy in evaluating treatment options for menopausal symptoms; (tamoxifen can reduce the risk to develop this disease, among women at high risk).

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Beside this, the next question would be: how can breast cancer be detected early? This is another common question and really important one. The early stage of breast cancer, when tumor is really small and most treatable and typically it does not produce any symptoms; it is therefore very important for women to follow recommended guidelines for finding breast cancer at this early stage. The most important physical symptom is a painless mass. 10% of the patients have breast pain and no mass.

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There are also less common symptoms which include changes to the breast that do not go away, such as thickening, skin distortion or irritation, swelling, and the nipple symptoms : erosion, tenderness, spontaneous discharge, inversion, etc. American Cancer Society guideline for early stage detection change as a women ages and include mammography and clinical breast examination; for example for the women at the age of 40 or older, the advice is to make annual mammography, annual clinical breast examination and monthly breast self- examination, but at the women between 20 and 39 years the advice is to make a clinical breast examination every three years and monthly breast self-examination.

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As we can see, this disease should be taken seriously. It does not really matter anything when it comes about breast cancer. It does not discriminate; any woman can develop this disease, even men. Many well known celebrities had to fight with breast cancer same like Cristina Applegate . During her teenage year, (even for more then 20 years, she made us laugh), she played in - Married with children - as Kelly Bundy and in 2007, she landed the role on – Samantha Who? – comedy series. She received for her performance, Emmy and Golden Globe nominations. In April 2008, at the age of 36, Cristina Applegate was diagnosed with breast cancer, living quietly with it at first but she said that it was very hard to live with it without telling anyone and that is why she made all public. She found that she has cancer in an early-stage and she immediately took care of it: being afraid of relapse, she made the dramatic decision to have a mastectomy to the both breasts – bilateral mastectomy and after several months of treatment, she cured.

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Linda Nolan Breast Cancer

Published on Mar 20 2010, in the categories: breast cancer, celebrities

Breast cancer doesn’t discriminate. Famous people like singers, writers, actresses and ordinary women were hit by the breast cancer. This disease is making annually millions of victims. We no need to think that the stars have some others treatments, different then ours, even those, like any other women, diagnosed with this disease, have treatments like mastectomy, radiotherapy and chemotherapy, and they can also may be victims of malpractice like any other people.

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Linda Nolan (Actress and singer), Olivia Newton John (Actress and singer), Shirley Temple Black (Actress, singer and diplomat), Jill Eikenberry (Actress), Diahann Carroll (Actress and singer), Jaclyn Smith (Actress), Kate Jackson (Actress), Ann Jillian (Actress), Patti LaBelle (Actress, singer and author), Marcia Wallance (Actress),Rue McClanaha (Actress), Margaretta (Happy) Rockefeller (Actress),Christina Applegate (Actress), Dame Elleen Atkins (Actress),Kaye Ballard (Actress),Brigitte Bardot (Actress),Alexandra Bastedo (Actress and model), Allyce Beasley (Actress and TV comedian), Eileen Brankin (Actress), Diahann Carroll (Actress and singer), Lois Chiles (Actress), Ruby Dee (Actress), Simone de Oliveira (Actress and singer), Diana Dill (Actress and mother of Michael Douglas), Marianne Faithfull (Actress), Maria Friedman (Actress), Julie Harris (Actress), Maeve Kinkead (Actress), Sondra Locke (Actress), Amanda Mealing (Actress), Kylie Minogye (Actress and singer), etc; those are only few names but the list is longer then this.

Linda Nolan, the Irish-born singer, she is also an actress and former member of The Nolans (the pop band); she was diagnosed in 2006, at the age of 46, and she removed her breast as part of her treatment.

Shirley Temple, is famous for the roles played in childhood; she was diagnosed with this disease at the age of 44 and she opted for mastectomy. She is the first famous woman who had the courage to make public about her suffering. She did talk about this for the first time, to the U.S. public television. She had hoped that this way she will give courage to other women to perform regular checks and to face the disease.

Sheryl Crow, the singer, was diagnosed in 2006 after a routine examination. The star, immediately cancelled every concert she had and underwent a surgery follower by treatment (seven weeks of radiotherapy). She had 2 tumors in both breasts but because they were detected early, Sheryl managed to escape from chemotherapy. She did not have any breast cancer history in her family but in 2007 she signed a petition to the American Congress and requested to be allocated fundings for researches about the factors what causes breast cancer.

Breast cancer does not know age either because Kyle Minogue found out that she had cancer in 2005 at the age of 36. Kyle is a survivor in this battle with breast cancer because after one year of treatment, which included mastectomy (only partial), chemotherapy and radiotherapy, she has healed.

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She decided to remove both breasts after the malignant cells were detected only in one breast. She is Cristina Applegate, famous for her role Kelly Bundy, in 1990. It seems that the actress has taken this measure to remove permanently the risk of recurrence.

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In the summer of 1992, Olivia Newton John was diagnosed with breast cancer. She did not stand on thoughts and she entered the surgery room and then continued with chemotherapy. One year later, the doctors gave the greatest verdict: the actress was completely healed.

Famous People With Breast Cancer

Published on Mar 11 2010, in the categories: celebrities

What is cancer? Cancer is a disease that occurs when the cells become abnormal and they divide without control. Each organ of the body is constructed from a cells variety. Cells divide in a certain order so that their number increases only when it is needed. When the cells divide when it is not required, it results too much tissue. This surplus of the tissue is called tumor and it may be malignant or benign.

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What is breast cancer? - The breast cancer is a malignant tumor that forms in the breast tissue, usually the cells of ducts and lobes (the glands that secrete milk). This disease can occur in men and women but it is most common in women; it is currently the most dreaded disease because in the whole world, one woman dies at every 15 minutes by this disease.

Fortunately, the information about the breast cancer extended. We can this way to identify a number of factors which are favoring the disease, we have several available methods for establishing diagnosis and, last but not least, we have various treatment options. All that, increase the chances of a cure for breast cancer.

It seems that 2006 has brought to the international stars, beside the success on the stage also wins in the battle with breast cancer. Kyle Minogue, Anastacia and Sheryl Crow have learned on their hand that this disease knows no celebrity, because they were diagnosed with breast cancer. They finally defeated breast cancer but unfortunately, many other famous people failed to this.

These are only few cases with a happy ending but I will present you a really short list bellow with famous people who actually died of breast cancer.
Josephine Abady - American theatre director and producer (died at 52 years old)
Kathy Acker - American author (50).
Margery Allingham - British mystery writer (62).
Generosa Ammon – the widow of the multimillionaire Ted Ammon (47).
Luana Anders - American film actress (58).

V. C. Andrews - American horror fiction writer (62).
Anne of Austria - mother of King Louis XIV of France and Philippe I, Duke of Orleans, wife of King Louis XIII of France (66).
Mary Astell - English philosopher and feminist writer (65).
Jeanne Bal - American television actress (67).
Judi Bar - American environmentalist and labor leader (47).
Lisa Barnet - American science fiction writer and editor
Jeanne Bates - American film actress (89).
Sally Belfrage - American author and journalist (57).
Ingrid Bergman - Oscar-winning star Swedish actress (67).
Bibi Besch - American actress (56).
Colette Besson - French athlete (59).
Rose Elizabeth Bird - first female Chief Justice of the California Supreme Court (63).
Brandi Borr - American stand-up comedian (39).
Vanessa Brown - American actress (78).
Phyliss Carr - American singer (The Quin-Tones) (60)
Rachel Carson - American environmentalist and author (Silent Spring) (56).
Norma Crane - American actress (44).

Linda Creed - American songwriter (37).
Charlotte Saunders Cushman - American stage actress (59).
Julia Darling - award-winning British writer (48).
Bette Davis - American Oscar-winning star actress (81).
Jo Ann Davis - U.S. Representative from the State of Virginia (57)
Belinda Emmett - Australian actress (32). Rest in peace....

What Actress Has Breast Cancer

Published on Mar 05 2010, in the categories: breast cancer, celebrities, Related topics, survivors

What is the breast cancer? Each month a woman's breasts are going through a series of temporary changes associated to menstruation, which includes the possibility of forming a nodule. Although the most of these bumps aren't cancerous, each nodule that forms must be immediately examined by a doctor.
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The nodules frequently appear in the lobules - the small sacks that are producing milk - or in the ducts that transport the milk to the nipple. But sometimes they are forming in other tissues. The primary categories of breast cancer are lobular and ductal carcinomas. Even if they aren't making it public, it doesn't mean breast cancer is passing by them. We're talking about famous actresses with breast cancer. So we made a list with some of them - Alive actresses:

- Olivia Newton John - Actress and singer - Shirley Temple Black - Actress, singer and diplomat - Jill Eikenberry - Actress - Diahann Carroll - Actress and singer - Jaclyn Smith - Actress

- Kate Jackson - Actress - Ann Jillian - Actress - Patti LaBelle - Actress, singer and author - Marcia Wallance - Actress - Rue McClanaha - Actress - Margaretta (Happy) Rockefeller - Actress - Christina Applegate - Actress - Dame Elleen Atkins - Actress - Kaye Ballard - Actress - Brigitte Bardot - Actress - Alexandra Bastedo - Actress and model - Allyce Beasley - Actress and TV comedian - Eileen Brankin - Actress - Diahann Carroll - Actress and singer

- Lois Chiles - Actress - Ruby Dee - Actress - Simone de Oliveira - Actress and singer - Diana Dill - Actress and ex-wife of Kirk Dougles and mother of Michael Douglas - Marianne Faithfull - Actress - Maria Friedman - Actress - Julie Harris - Actress - Maeve Kinkead - Actress - Sondra Locke - Actress - Amanda Mealing - Actress - Kylie Minogye - Actress and singer

Deceased actresses: - Ingrid Bergman - Actress - Bette Davis - Actress - Marcella Markham - Actress - Jill Ireland - Actress and wife of actor Charles Bronson - Coral Browne - Actress and wife of Vincent Price - Hattie McDaniel - Actress - Louise Troy - Actress - Sigrid Wurschmidt - Actress

- Danitra Vance - Actress - Luana Anders - Actress - Jeanne Bal - Actress - Jeanne Bates - Actress - Ingrid Bergman - Actress - Bibi Besch - Actress - Vanessa Brown - Actress - Lilyan Chauvin - Actress and director - Norma Crane - Actress - Charlotte Saunders Cushman - Actress - Julie Ege - Actress - Belinda Emmett - Actress - Caren Fraction - Actress, dancer and model - Helen Gahagan - Actress and wife of Melvyn Douglas
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- Gloria Grahame - Actress - Nicolette Goulet - Actress and daughter of Robert Goulet - Alaina Reed Hall - Actress - Sylvia Koscina - Actress - Joi Lansing - Actress - Jane Lumb, Actress and model - Wendy Richard - Actress - Rosalind Russell - Actress - Delia Scala - Actress. And the lists may continue with many more famous actresses that contacted breast cancer. We stop here and let's take it serious: have your periodic mammogram or do your self-examinations so you won't appear in any of those lists.

Christina Applegate With Breast Cancer

Published on Feb 18 2010, in the categories: celebrities, survivors

Less than a month from her former lover’s death, the actress Christina Applegate was diagnosed with an early form of breast cancer. If the disease is discovered in an early stage, and you take all the tests recommended by your doctor such as a mammogram and an MRI, breast cancer can be safely considered a non life-threatening disease. This was what, according to Yahoo the actress’ spokeswoman stated after the diagnosis. She was certain that, considering all factors, it was safe to assume that the disease will be easily treated and cured in the case of the famous actress.

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The actress under 36 years old was invited to participate in the following month’s episode of the TV show "Stand Up to Cancer" which aims to raise funds for cancer research. The show was broadcasted simultaneously by U.S. television CBS, ABC and NBC. Christina Applegate was one of the actresses who began their career at an early age, but the role that made her famous was Kelly in "Married with Children".

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Throughout her career, the actress won an Emmy in 2003 for the role she had in "Friends", but still has enough time to evolve more and perform better as an actress and one day, why not, she might even win an Oscar. The actress said in the television program "Good Morning America" that was cured of breast cancer after removing both mammary glands and, currently, is "clean one hundred to one hundred," according to bbc.co.uk. The actress also told the U.S. ABC television broadcasts that she decided to turn to the radical medical procedure, three weeks before, so that she will not have to go to medical examinations every four months.

"I am healed. Absolutely, 100% are cured and clean. They removed the entire tumor and I certainly will not die of breast cancer," said Applegate. Star of "Samantha Who?" was diagnosed with breast cancer after a routine examination, according to hollywood.com. She is now confident that the treatments which were followed later destroyed all tumors and breast cancer tissue. Christina Applegate revealed the fact that she began to tremble when she was diagnosed with breast cancer, not knowing what to do and who to call. "I was so angry and I remember shaking," she said.

As I was previously saying, Applegate is known for playing Kelly Bundy in the successful U.S. television series "Married With Children", so her popularity definitely helped many women and her disease probably made many other women go to a examination. Recently, Christina Applegate was nominated for an Emmy Award for the role in the TV comedy "Samantha Who?". She was also nominated for a Golden Globe for the same role, that of a woman who wakes up after having been in coma for eight days and she actually does not remember anything from the past. The actress participated in many televised shows which aim to raise funds for research on cancer, and in one particular event also took part actresses Meryl Streep, Jennifer Aniston and Charlize Theron.

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Although cancer is a terrible disease, it is not that hard to be treated. Christina Applegate managed to fight the disease with courage and hope and she is now completely cured and she can enjoy life again. It is admirable that she also promoted and raised funds for this cause and so managed to save many more lives.

Celebrities Fighting Breast Cancer

Published on Feb 15 2010, in the categories: celebrities, survivors

Shock, rebellion, denial, despair – these are the feelings which both regular women and celebrities encounter while fighting breast cancer. Here are the stories of several stars whose existence has been marked by the disease:
Anastacia was diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 29 in January 2003. Because of the fact that the disease was discovered in the early stage the chances of recovery were higher.

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After healing, Anastacia founded the Breast Cancer Research Fund. Kylie Minogue began the fight against this life-threatening disease at 36 years. In May 2005, she abruptly canceled a tour to Australia after discovering she has cancer. A after an emergency surgery in Australia, Kylie has followed a chemotherapy treatment in France at the Institut Gustave Roussy in Villejuif.

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Sheryl Crow was diagnosed with cancer in an early stage in February 2006. Now the singer has fortunately managed a full recovery. Jaclyn Smith, the star of Charlie's Angels has found that she has breast cancer in 2002 after a routine check. Suzanne Somers, actress and writer, refused to be treated by classical method and opted for an alternative therapy that brought healing.

Famous singer Olivia Newton John was diagnosed with cancer in 1992 and suffered a mastectomy and a reconstruction of the breast. The well known interpret of Kelly Bundy from Married with Children, Christina Applegate, was also one of the most famous celebrities that had breast cancer.

"Christina Applegate was diagnosed with an early form of breast cancer," "Because of the tests, the cancer was detected in an early stage and so it is not a lethal threat." the journalists added. It was announced that the star was aligned with other celebrities to be part of the "Stand Up for Cancer” campaign to warn everybody about the dangers of this disease. The actress received medical attention at the age of 36 and eventually won the battle against cancer.

Shirley Temple received a mastectomy in 1972 after finding a cancerous lump. Betty Ford, wife of former U.S. President Gerald R. Ford was diagnosed with breast cancer just weeks after becoming the first lady of the USA. (September 28, 1974). In an interview with Time magazine Betty Ford said: "When other ordinary women are diagnosed with cancer no one writes about them on the first page. My experience will make other women aware that this disease knows no position in society. I am sure that making my condition public will save at least one life! " Following this awareness campaigns for women on breast cancer risk by Happy Rockefeller, wife of Vice President Nelson Rockefeller has also had a mastectomy.

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Linda McCartney was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1995 but her condition worsened because she was also affected by liver cancer. Linda McCartney died three years later (April 17, 1998) at 56 years in Tucson, Arizona. Ingrid Bergman unfortunately died in 1982 after an exhausting battle with breast cancer. These are only a few cases of celebrities who have, unfortunately, encountered this life-threatening disease. Just like them, thousands of women battle with this disease that, if untreated, may become lethal.