| Dr. Samuel Meyers Colon Cancer Preventioncelebrities | | | | with groups like Susan G. Komen for the Cure and |
| with breast cancer often use their illness to help | | | | talks publicly about early detection and breast cancer |
| make people more aware of the risks of breast | | | | risks. |
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| that they can overcome it as well. | | | | Christina Applegate |
| Dr. Samuel Meyers Colon Cancer Prevention | | | | Christina Applegate is one of the youngest and most |
| Edie Falco | | | | vocal celebrities with breast cancer. She was |
| Edie Falco, star of both HBO shows "The Sopranos" | | | | diagnosed in 2008 when she was only 36 years old. |
| and "OZ" was diagnosed with breast cancer when | | | | The former star of "Married with Children" was filming |
| she was a young 40 years old, in 2003. She didn't tell | | | | her new successful hit show "Samantha Who?" when |
| people at first, but instead secretly went into | | | | she was diagnosed. She tested positive for a gene |
| treatment. She didn't reveal her cancer until after she | | | | mutation that greatly increases the risk of breast |
| was declared cancer free, but after that talked | | | | cancer. And because her mother had also been |
| about openly. She was only secretive because she | | | | diagnosed with breast cancer more than once, |
| didn't want to be asked constantly how she was | | | | making heredity just one more risk factor for the |
| feeling and if she was all right. | | | | young woman, she opted to not just have the |
| Jaclyn Smith | | | | breast with the cancer removed, but to have both |
| Jaclyn Smith whom everyone knows as Kelly Garret, | | | | removed. This double mastectomy was a |
| one of "Charlie's Angels" from the same-named TV | | | | preventative measure to stave off any future |
| show of the 1970s, was diagnosed with breast | | | | cancer. Applegate speaks out for the available of |
| cancer when she was 56 years old in 2002. Most | | | | MRI testing for women of all income levels, because |
| cases of breast cancer occur in women who are 55 | | | | it was this test that detected her cancer early and |
| years or older. Jaclyn was treated with a | | | | has probably saved her life by reducing her risk of |
| lumpectomy and radiation, because the disease was | | | | the cancer spreading or recurring. |
| caught early during a routine self-exam. She works | | | | |