Applegate: Mastectomy Was 'Tough Choice'

 
Defiant and courageous, Christina Applegate opened up for the first time about her difficult decision to have her breasts removed following her cancer diagnosis. "I had a prophylactic double mastectomy," she told "Good Morning America" host Robin Roberts. "I wanted to be rid of it for me so this was the choice I made and it was a tough one." The "Samantha Who?" actress also described her initial reaction to the shocking diagnosis -- and her healing process. "Sometimes I scream and I get really angry and I get really like, you know into wallowing in self-pity sometimes and I think that's -- it's all part of healing." Keep Reading... See also: Applegate is Cancer-Free! Tips for Breast Cancer Prevention Applegate's Breast Cancer Scare (link)

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Christina Applegate: Breast Cancer Free

Just a month after being diagnosed with breast cancer, actress Christina Applegate is perfectly healthy and cancer-free, she told Robin Roberts of "Good Morning America" in an exclusive interview that will air Tuesday. "I'm clear," the star of ...
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Christina Applegate Got 'Em Removed

Christina is one brave woman. She didn't want to keep going back to the doctors every four months for check-ups and just wanted the breast cancer to be gone, so she opted for a bilateral mastectomy. She told Robin Roberts of Good Morning America , "My decision, after looking at all the treatment plans that were possibilities for me was to have a bilateral mastectomy." She also said ...
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Christina Applegate: I’m Cancer Free!

Christina Applegate is perfectly healthy and cancer-free, she tells Good Morning America . “I’m clear,” the Samantha Who? star said just one month after being diagnosed with breast cancer. “Absolutely 100 percent clear ...
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Screw Shia's Pinkie: Christina Applegate Had A Double Mastectomy [Ailments]

Yesterday we brought you the news that Christina Applegate was free and clear of breast cancer, just a month after being diagnosed with an early form of the disease in one of her breasts. Today, during an interview with Good Morning America's Robin ...
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Christina Applegate is cancer-free

When it was revealed to the media recently that actress Christina Applegate had cancer , it was a shock. She is only 36 years old, but as anyone whose life has been touched by cancer, this disease touches the young and the old and everyone in ...
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Christina Applegate has great news."They got everything out, so I'm definitely not going to die from breast cancer," the Samantha Who? star says in an interview scheduled to air Tuesday on Good Morning America.
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Reuters - "Samantha Who?" star Christina Applegate, 36, is free of cancer after having both breasts removed to combat the disease, the actress told a U.S. television news show on Tuesday.
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