Cynthia Nixon (diagnosed 2006 at 40)
At first, Sex and the City star Cynthia Nixon was hesitant to reveal that a cancerous tumor had been discovered in her right breast during a routine mammogram. Nixon, best known for playing the responsible Miranda Hobbes, didn't want her condition to become public during her treatment. “I didn’t want paparazzi at the hospital, that kind of thing,” Nixon told the New York Daily News after treating her cancer with a lumpectomy and radiation. But Nixon, whose mother also survived breast cancer, decided to tell her story when she realized it might serve as an inspiration for other women at risk. The actress now serves as an ambassador for Susan G. Komen for the Cure.
(Marianne Faithfull)
Marianne Faithfull, the British singer, actress and former flame of Mick Jagger, was diagnosed in September 2006.
Sheryl Crow (diagnosed 2006 at 44)
“I am a walking advertisement for early detection,” Sheryl Crow said in October 2006 about catching suspicious calcifications in both of her breasts on a routine mammogram. The rocker immediately postponed a tour, went into surgery, and had seven weeks of radiation, supplemented with acupuncture and herbal teas. Crow—whose engagement to cyclist Lance Armstrong ended around the time she was diagnosed—was able to skip chemotherapy because her cancer was caught so early. In March 2007, Crow (who has no close family history of breast cancer) petitioned Congress to fund research into possible links between breast cancer and environmental factors.
(Kylie Minogue)
Pop star Kylie Minogue (diagnosed in May 2005) has been recording her experiences in a diary and plans to publish them in a book.
(Melissa Etheridge)
Diagnosed in 2004, Melissa Etheridge made a statement when she rocked out bald (after chemo) to Janis Joplin at the 2005 Grammy Awards.
Edie Falco (diagnosed 2003 at 40)
When Sopranos star Edie Falco was diagnosed with Breast Cancer, she kept it almost completely secret; she barely told a soul on the set of the six-season HBO hit series on which she played mob wife Carmela Soprano. Falco quietly went into treatment and emerged cancer-free—and with shorter hair—in 2004.
She says she chose to stay mum because she didn’t want any fuss or pity. “It was very important for me to keep my diagnosis under the radar...because well-meaning people would have driven me crazy asking, ‘How are you feeling?’” Falco told Health. Instead, she "bucked up, put on my Carmela fingernails, and was ready to work.”
She says she chose to stay mum because she didn’t want any fuss or pity. “It was very important for me to keep my diagnosis under the radar...because well-meaning people would have driven me crazy asking, ‘How are you feeling?’” Falco told Health. Instead, she "bucked up, put on my Carmela fingernails, and was ready to work.”
(Suzanne Somers)
Suzanne Somers, who was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2001, announced her battle with the disease on "Larry King Live."
In 2008, Emmy-winning actress Christina Applegate went public about having Breast Cancer and undergoing a double mastectomy. The star of the sitcom “Samantha Who?” was one of the participants in the September 2008 all-star telethon “Stand Up to Cancer.”
Kylie Minogue (diagnosed 2005 at 36)
A misdiagnosis almost lost Australian pop star Kylie Minogue her chance to fight—and defeat—breast cancer. It wasn’t until she decided to go in for a second round of tests that doctors found the lump in her left breast. A partial mastectomy, chemotherapy, and radiation followed.
The singer has emerged from her ordeal with a plea that women should trust their gut more when they go to the doctor. “Just because someone is in a white coat and using big medical instruments doesn’t necessarily mean they’re right,” she told Ellen DeGeneres in 2007.
The singer has emerged from her ordeal with a plea that women should trust their gut more when they go to the doctor. “Just because someone is in a white coat and using big medical instruments doesn’t necessarily mean they’re right,” she told Ellen DeGeneres in 2007.
Robin Roberts (diagnosed 2007 at 46)
Good Morning America anchor Robin Roberts had made a name for herself interviewing A-list athletes, actors, and other newsworthy personalities, but on July 31, 2007, she turned the camera on herself to announce she'd been diagnosed with breast cancer.
“I did a self breast exam and found something that women everywhere fear: I found a lump,” she said in a message posted online the day of her surgery. Roberts completed eight chemotherapy treatments, followed them up with radiation, and is now considered to be clear of cancer, with more tests in coming months.
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“I did a self breast exam and found something that women everywhere fear: I found a lump,” she said in a message posted online the day of her surgery. Roberts completed eight chemotherapy treatments, followed them up with radiation, and is now considered to be clear of cancer, with more tests in coming months.
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