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.

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

- 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.