Celebrities and Breast Cancer
Hello
i am newly diagnosed.
just because it help me, i would like to know if anyone knows what stage and what type of breast cancer these women were diagnosed with and about what size their tumors were:
elizabeth edwards
sandra day o'connor
sheryl crow
gloria steinem
christina applegate
melissa etheridge
edie falco
maura tierney
anyone else i might have forgotten
THANKS
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sorry, also is was wondering if anyone knows their hospitals or doctors they used
also here are some more names:
ann romney
cynthia nixon
kylie minogue
robin roberts
jaclyn smith
Diahann Carroll
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sorry what does bump mean? i didnt mean to offend anyone. i just wanted to know because i thought it might be inspirational and maybe wanted to use one of their doctors/hospitals...
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I know tidbits here and there...maybe others can fill in the blanks.
Maura Tierney
She was on The View. I do remember she was Her2neu positive. She mentioned chemo, but all Her2 have chemo.
Guiliana Rancic
You don't have her on the list. I recall she had DCIS with microscopic IDC. No nodes. No chemo. She was probably ER+ as they were discouraging anymore hormone treatments for IVF.
Christini Applegate - She was BRCA.
Cheryl Crow - had a lumpectomy.
Interesting how they are all somewhat vocal about their breast cancers, but never share the details on a level that would interest another woman who is experiencing BC. That is my feeling.
Ann Romney - DCIS, no chemo.
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shlee...bump is an effort to generate a response- not offensive at all. Another lady that had bc was the one who had her own show with her husband. Starts with a J I think. She was trying to get pregnant and found out she has bc. She has gotten through that and they have a baby now so happy ending for now. Elizabeth Edwards had bc in 2004 and it came back in 2007 in her bones. Sheryl Crow had an aggressive bc, had treatment and now has a brain tumor but they it under control whatever that means. Robin Roberts had an aggressive bc and now she has a blood disorder that is life threatening. Her sister donated an organ to her. I think I heard Gov Romney or maybe it was Ann talking about her bc which was aggressive too. Dont know about the others but heard they had bc. It is downright scary how many women have bc. No rhyme or reason but frightening. You could google to find out what hospital they went to.
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edwards - the woman trying to get pregnant is guillana rancic....I mentioned her above. I thought I had heard that Sheryl Crow's brain tumor was not malignant...could be wrong. I would be interested where you heard her breast cancer was aggressive? I assume Robin Roberts had an aggressive cancer (if it was early stage) as she had Adriamycin as chemo. Her sister donnated her bone marrow. Romney's was DCIS - so not sure how/why she would have said "aggressive." But then.....
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Melissa Etheridge had a lumpectomy, with chemo. She's spoken about it in the past and if you google it, the info is easily found. I'm a huge fan of her's.
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Here is a link for some of these ladies and their stories:
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yeah bump means to put some highlight on this tread.
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Welcome shlee.
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Didn't Sharon Osbourne have bc?
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She had colon cancer.
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Oh, I thought I heard breast, oops!
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What about Hoda on the Today Show? I saw a segment yesterday that she had been cancer free for 5 years. I didn't get to watch the whole thing so I don't know what type of breast cancer she had. It was the first time I'd heard she had breast cancer.
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Wanted to add
Ingrid Bergman - understand she didn't go for treatment because of work commitments, was diagnosed late. Died in 1982 after 8 yrs of treatment.
And then, let's not forget our First and Second Ladies, all of whom were fortunately diagnosed early:Betty Ford
Nancy Reagan
Happy Rockefeller
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While it is nice to hear of happy outcomes, they don't mean much to me unless I hear about stage, grade, oncotype score, size, etc. If I had the easiest of all BC's, they would give me hope, though.
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Also, Kathy Bates ("Titanic", "Harry's Law"); she's survived ovarian cancer and was, recently, diagnosed with breast cancer. I believe, she's had a bilateral mastectomy.
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I believe Robin Roberts had triple negative. I think any type of breast cancer has the ability to metastisize, I don't think ther are an easy breast cancers. It's all a crap shot.
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Sheryl Crow had DCIS, lumpectomy, radiation and no chemo.
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I just saw this on line today.....it doesn't say that Sharon ever had breast cancer, it just says she carries the gene and therefore got the double mx.
Sharon Osbourne has double mastectomy - Yahoo! News
— Sharon Osbourne says she had a double mastectomy after learning she carries a gene that increases the risk of developing breast cancer.
Osbourne told Hello! magazine that "I didn't want to live the rest of my life with that shadow hanging over me."
The 60-year-old "America's Got Talent" judge, who had colon cancer a decade ago, said that without the surgery, "the odds are not in my favor."
She added: "It's not 'pity me,' it's a decision I made that's got rid of this weight that I was carrying around."
The magazine went on sale Monday.
Osbourne, husband Ozzy and children Jack and Kelly became rock's most famous clan thanks to reality show "The Osbournes" a decade ago.
Jack Osbourne, 26, was recently diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.
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Here's a link to an article that was posted on line September 12, 2012. I didn't know Kathy Bates had bc
Kathy Bates reveals breast cancer diagnosis, double mastectomy - Los Angeles Times
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Here's another I hadn't known about, the author, Judy Blume...this article dated September 5, 2012.
Judy Blume reveals breast cancer diagnosis; had mastectomy | NJ.com
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Can anyone say "epidemic"?
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Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman-Schultz is brca2+. She had BC, I believe in 2009. Based on her having "7 operations," does sound like she had reconstruction (though I can't account for those 7 without a chemo port insertion) and no doubt, an ooph. In her own words, in an interview with Robin Roberts, she did not have radiation or chemo. Having brca2+ BC myself, I'm surprised she didn't need chemo (it seems as if it is usually aggressive, whether ER+ or TN). My guess is that she was DCIS....just a guess, based on that.
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A few other celebrities who've dealt with bc diagnoses:
Nancy Reagan
Carly Simon
Linda McCartney
Dame Maggie Smith - was in the Harry Potter Movies
Peggy Fleming - Olympic gold medalist ice skater
Suzanne Sommers
Kate Jackson, another one of Charlie's Angels
Wanda Sykes, comedianne
Olivia Newton John
Betsy Johnson-fashion Designer
Cokie Roberts - news reporter
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And several more:
Martina Navratalova
a big surprise to me: Ann Romney
Jill Eikenberry, from L.A. Law
Joan Kennedy, ex wife of Ted
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Mary Gates, mother of Bill Gates, died of breast cancer in 1994.
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Renowned ABC News journalist and political commentator Cokie Roberts has died at the age of 75.
Roberts won countless awards, including three Emmys, throughout her decades-long career. She has been inducted into the Broadcasting and Cable Hall of Fame and was cited by the American Women in Radio and Television as one of the 50 greatest women in the history of broadcasting. She was named a "Living Legend" by the Library of Congress in 2008.
"We will miss Cokie beyond measure, both for her contributions and for her love and kindness," her family said in a statement.
Her death was due to complications from breast cancer.
Link (although this story is all over the internet today)
She was fabulous and will be sorely missed.
But I'd like more details than just "complications"...
Edited to add: Cokie had a lumpectomy in 2002 and six months of chemo. Those are all the details I could find. Couldn't find what type of cancer-- back then people weren't as familiar with the terminology as we are today. Don't know if she had radiation. She was declared "cancer free" -- I do not like those words... no one knows if they are cancer free. A better term is NED, "no evidence of disease."This is sad and scary...
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Anyone know what kind of mets she had? I saw that back in 2002 they thought she found it very early stage. I hate this disease.
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Meow13-- we cross-posted. I can't find any more details, but I'm very curious. If you find anything, pleas post here, okay?
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