I’m A Survivor! Celebrities Who Fought Breast Cancer – and Won!

3. Christina Applegate

In April 2008, shocking news hit the funny girl, Applegate. At 36 years old, Christina was diagnosed with breast cancer. At first, Christina says she lived quietly with the disease. “It’s hard to live quietly,” she says. “I went through five weeks of work without telling anyone that this was going on in my life.” As the daughter of a breast cancer survivor, Christina says she’s been vigilant about getting regular mammograms since she was 30 years old. In 2007, doctors recommended extra precautions. Christina went in for her first MRI screening, which produced disturbing results. Within a week, Christina had her first lumpectomy. Doctors also did a biopsy of her lymph nodes to make sure the cancer hadn’t spread. Since the cancer was caught early on, Christina was told she’d need six weeks of radiation instead of chemotherapy.