5 Celebrities Who Defeated Breast Cancer

Diseases never attacks any one by their popularity. Even the most famous public figures have been diagnosed with cancer. They didn`t loose hope, rather they fought back and set a example for others too. We have some well known celebrities who defeated breast cancer.

Cynthia Nixon

Cynthia Nixon was diagnosed with cancer in 2006, at the age of 40. The `Sex and the City` star didn`t reveled it earlier because she wanted her treatment to be a secret one. "I didn`t want paparazzi at the hospital, that kind of thing," Nixon told the New York Daily News after treating her cancer with a lumpectomy and radiation.

Edie Falco

Diagnosed with cancer in 2003 she said she chose to stay mum because she didn`t want any fuss or pity. "It was very important for me to keep my diagnosis under the radar... because well-meaning people would have driven me crazy asking, `How are you feeling?`" Falco told Health. Instead, she "bucked up, put on my Carmela fingernails, and was ready to work."

Kylie Minogue

She was diagnosed with cancer in 2005.The singer has emerged from her ordeal with a plea that women should trust their gut more when they go to the doctor. "Just because someone is in a white coat and using big medical instruments doesn`t necessarily mean they’re right," she told Ellen DeGeneres in 2007.

Robin Roberts

Good Morning America anchor Robin Roberts had made a name for herself interviewing A-list athletes, actors, and other newsworthy personalities, but on July 31, 2007, she turned the camera on herself to announce she`d been diagnosed with breast cancer.

"I did a self breast exam and found something that women everywhere fear: I found a lump," she said in a message posted online the day of her surgery. Roberts completed eight chemotherapy treatments, followed by radiation. In 2012, she underwent a bone marrow transplant for MDS, or myelodysplastic syndrome.

Christina Applegate

For most women, the idea of parting with one breast, let alone two, is unimaginable. But that`s what actress Christina Applegate opted to do after she was diagnosed with breast cancer in the summer of 2008, even though cancer was found in only one breast.