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."
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.
