Cynthia Nixon

Cynthia had a lumpectomy and then had six and a half weeks of radiation after being diagnosed with the disease in 2006.
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Rue McClanahan

Star of the hit sitcom “Golden Girls, Rue McClanahan became a survivor in 1997, after finding a pea sized lump in her breast.
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Diahann Carroll

Diahann Carroll was shocked when she was diagnosed with the disease at age 63. Carroll didn’t have a family history of breast cancer, and was more focused on preventing diseases such as diabetes and heart disease.
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Christina Applegate

In April 2008, Christina Applegate was diagnosed at the age of 36 and within months of her diagnosis she had a bilateral mastectomy.
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