Christina Applegate Cancer-Free After Double Mastectomy

By Sarah Vasques
11:46, August 20th 2008
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In an interview with ABC News' "Good Morning America", Christina Applegate said she is cancer-free. Speaking with Robin Roberts, Christina Applegate said she has been getting regular mammograms since she turned 30.

"I'm clear," Christina Applegate said during the interview airing Tuesday. "Absolutely 100 percent clear and clean. It did not spread. They got everything out, so I'm definitely not going to die from breast cancer."

Christina Applegate underwent a double mastectomy because she bore a genetic risk for developing breast cancer.  Her surgery was meant not only the diagnosed tumor, but also to prevent the cancer. But she said it was difficult to have both breasts surgically removed.

"Sometimes, you know, I cry," Applegate said. "And sometimes I scream. And I get really angry. And I get really upset, you know, into wallowing in self-pity sometimes. And I think it's all part of the healing."

Earlier this month her publicist, Ame Van Iden, announced in a statement that the former “Married with Children” actress has been diagnosed with an early form of breast cancer.

The news came out soon after Christina Applegate, 36, was announced as one of several celebrities to take part in the upcoming "Stand Up To Cancer" telethon which is to be broadcasted simultaneously on US networks CBS, NBC and ABC on September 5. Meryl Streep, Jennifer Aniston and Charlize Theron are also involved in this campaign.

The actress is mostly known for her role as Kelly Bundy on the popular 80’s and 90’s Fox TV series, “Married With Children.” She made her return to television last fall on the ABC comedy “Samantha Who?” Applegate has won Emmy and Golden Globe nominations for her starring in the ABC comedy. She also won an Emmy for a guest role as Jennifer Aniston's sister on "Friends."

She also starred in movies like Jean-Marie Poiré’s “Just Visiting” (2001), “The Sweetest Thing” (2002), “Employee of the Month” (2004), “View From the top” (2003), where she met Gwyneth Paltrow. They are now good friends.

During the interview, Christina Applegate has spoken also about her reaction when first hearing the terrible diagnostic.

"I was so mad," she remembered . "I was just shaking and — and then also immediately, I had to go into ... `take-care-of-business-mode,' which was ... I asked them, `What do I do now? What — what is it that I do? I get a doctor, I get a surgeon, I get an oncologist? What do I do?'"

Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in women, lagging behind lung cancer. The disease has 5 stages, starting with 0 and ending with 4. The 0 stage describes the noninvasive stage of the disease, while in the 4th one, the disease has spread to other parts of the body as well, and is very hard to cure.



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