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Hollywood celebrities may lead charmed lives, but even fame and fortune can't guarantee good health. In fact, cancer has touched the lives of some celebrities at a surprisingly young age, sometimes arriving at the peak of their careers. These stars have opened up to share their rare and unique stories of being diagnosed with cancer before 40, and to pass on the hard-earned lessons they learned from their shocking health scares. Read on to learn which 13 celebrities battled cancer before turning 40, and what they want people to know.

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Dead to Me bintangChristina Applegate has been in the public eye since she was a teen, so it came as quite a surprise to fans when she revealed that she was battling breast cancer at the age of 36 .

Following her diagnosis, the star underwent genetic testing, which revealed that she was positive for a BRCA gene mutation. "If you're BRCA positive, it's highly possible you'll develop cancer in your lifetime," she explained on Hari iniin 2017. Armed with this knowledge, Applegate decided to undergo a double mastectomy and later had her ovaries and fallopian tubes removed. "That's how I've taken control of everything. It's a relief," she said. "That's one other thing off the table. Now, let's hope I don't get hit by a bus," she quipped.

Michael C. Hall, star of the crime drama Dexter, was busy shooting the series' fourth season when he learned he had Hodgkin's lymphoma. He was 38 at the time of his diagnosis—just one year younger than his father was when he died. "I think I've been preoccupied since I was 11, and my father died, with the idea of the age 39:would I live that long? What would that be like? To discover that I had the Hodgkin's was alarming, but at the same time I felt kind of bemused, like: 'Wow. Hah. How interesting,'" he toldThe New York Times pada tahun 2010.

Though Hall kept his diagnosis a secret for the duration of the season, he later went public. "I'm glad I did," he told Penjaga in 2014, "because I really underestimated how much that would be a source of inspiration or strength to other people. Just to see someone who you know and spend time watching, who goes through the treatment process successfully, is of value."

While playing Gloria Delgado-Pritchett in the ABC comedy Modern Family, Sofia Vergara was the highest paid female actor on television. But in 2001, at the age of 28, Vergara's doctor made a shocking discovery during a routine checkup: A lump in her neck that would prove to be a cancerous thyroid tumor.AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB

"When you're young and you hear that word, 'cancer,' your mind goes to so many places," Vergara told NBC News in 2021. "But I tried not to panic and I decided to get educated. I read every book and found out everything I could about it." The star settled on a course of treatment that included surgery to remove her thyroid gland, radiation, and daily thyroid hormone medication.

"I feel very lucky," Vergara told Kesehatan in 2011. "In a lot of women, the cancer isn't found until around menopause, and by then it's too late."

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Aussie pop star Kylie Minogue was just 36 years old when she learned that she had breast cancer. In a 2020 interview with Rakyat, she reflected on learning of her 2005 diagnosis. "It's like the earth had kind of slipped off its axis. You see everything differently," she told the magazine.

Having undergone a lumpectomy and chemotherapy to treat her cancer, the star went into remission the following year. However, she says one lesson she learned from the experience has stayed with her long after her recovery: "You really don't know what anyone is going through," she told Rakyat.

Barry Watson starred in the popular WB series 7th Heaven as eldest son and brother Matt Camden. But in 2002, at the age of 28, the star learned he had Hodgkin's lymphoma. Watson took a leave of absence from the show to undergo chemotherapy, and returned for its 150th episode with his cancer undetectable.

Now two decades past his diagnosis, Watson says the experience is at once a distant memory and always with him. "It's still such a big part of my life Karena saya masih memikirkannya, tetapi juga waktu telah berlalu di tempatnya hampir, 'apakah itu benar -benar terjadi? Apakah saya benar -benar menjalani semua itu? ' Dan sekarang memiliki seluruh kehidupan lain dengan istri dan anak -anak saya bahwa mereka bahkan bukan bagian dari waktu itu, rasanya seperti seumur hidup yang lalu, "katanyaABC News pada tahun 2021.

Soprano bintangEdie Falco berusia 40 tahun saat diabelajar dia menderita kanker payudara. Aktor pemenang penghargaan Emmy mengatakan diagnosisnyaterutama "nyata" Mengingat dia diharapkan kembali bekerja hanya beberapa jam setelah janji temu yang menentukan itu.

Falco pribadi tentang diagnosis dan perawatannya, hanya mengumumkan penyakitnya lima bulan setelah mengalami remisi. Saat berbicara denganParade pada 2009,Perawat Jackie Star bilang dia yakin dia bertahan sebagian karena dia sudahpaling sehatnya masuk ke diagnosis. "Saya benar -benar telah merawat diri sendiri selama sekitar 15 tahun sebelum saya sakit - bukan minum, bukan [menggunakan tembakau], makan dengan baik - jadi saya bernasib sangat baik. Mereka memberi saya obat kemo yang sangat kuat. Saya sangat beruntung bahwa dua Dari hal -hal terbesar dalam hidup saya - ketenangan hati saya dan kanker payudara saya - terikat dalam urutan yang terjadi. "

KapanMTV tuan rumahTom Green Pergilah ke depan umum dengan pertempuran kanker testis pada usia 28, ia adalah salah satu selebriti muda pertama yang melakukannya.

Pada tahun 2000, ia mengubah drama medis kehidupan nyata menjadi acara sketsa-komedi-bertemu-dokumenter berjudulThe Tom Green Cancer Special. Green dijelaskan kepadaHiburan mingguan bagaimana idenya muncul: "Saya merasa sangat kasihan pada diri sendiri dan duduk-duduk dengan [lawan main]Glenn Humblik dan [kepala penulis]Derek Harvie, dan kami memutuskan itu mungkin cara untuk keluar dari tip yang menyedihkan, "katanya.

Komedian itu mengatakan bahwa sementara dia berangkat untuk membuat "acara TV aneh," dia segera menyadari itu bisa berdampak pada pemirsa. "Tiba -tiba orang mendatangi kami dengan hal -hal yang suram dan berlinang air mata, bersyukur, dan jabat tangan. Dan kami mulai menyadari bahwa mungkin ini benar -benar baik, apa yang kami lakukan," katanya kepada outlet.

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Saturday Night Live bintangVanessa Bayer baru berusia 15 tahun saat diamengetahui bahwa dia menderita leukemia. Setelah menjalani kemoterapi, dia akhirnya mengalami remisi ketika dia memasuki tahun terakhir sekolah menengahnya. "Saya pikir kanker pasti telah membentuk komedi saya karena saya menemukan begitu banyak cara danalasan untuk tertawa saat saya sakit, dan itu benar -benar memberi saya sudut pandang komedi yang lebih kuat, "katanyaMengatasi Majalah Kanker Pada tahun 2019. "Sangat terapeutik untuk tertawa ... dan, selain itu, siapa pun yang telah menghabiskan banyak waktu di rumah sakit tahu ada banyak hal yang harus ditertawakan."

Proyek terbarunya,Saya suka itu untuk Anda, mengacu pada pengalamannya dengan kanker masa kecil. "Karakter inimemiliki leukemia masa kecil Dan saya menderita leukemia masa kecil, "kata BayerHiburan malam ini. "Saya akan menggunakan fakta bahwa saya sakit untuk mendapatkan perawatan khusus dan saya akan ... memanfaatkan keuntungan menderita kanker," katanya, menambahkan, "Saya pikir akan menyenangkan untuk melakukan sesuatu di mana saya menjelajahi elemen itu tentang dia."

Pada usia 40 tahun, pelawak dan aktor standupTig Notaro naik ke panggung di klub komedi Largo di Los Angeles. "Selamat malam, halo. Aku menderita kanker. Apa kabar?" Dia mulai, dengan suara tawa yang tersebar dan tidak nyaman. "Teman -teman rileks, semuanya baik -baik saja," jawabnya, datar.

Set-yang sangat diterima dengan baikRekamannya dinominasikan untuk penghargaan Grammy - diagnosis kanker payudara stadium 2 komedian muda, yang akan membutuhkan mastektomi bilateral dan terapi hormon.

Pada 2016, ia membuka ke NPR tentang keputusannyaLetakkan diagnosisnya telanjang di atas panggung hanya satu minggu setelah menerimanya. "Saya benar -benar merasa ingin melihat ke belakang sekarang karena saya mungkin meminta bantuan pada tingkat tertentu, Anda tahu? Saya benar -benar kagum dengan berapa banyak orang yang disentuh dan diangkat oleh pertunjukan, dan itu sangat melegakan setelah meletakkan rentan yang ditetapkan yang rentan itu diatur dengan rentan tersebut di sana."

Pada usia 37,Trainspotting bintangEwan McGregor Memiliki tahi lalat di bawah mata kanannya yang diperiksa oleh dokter. "Saya pergi menemui seorang spesialis yang mengira mereka lebih baik untuk dihapus, dan memang dia benar,"Kosmopolitan melaporkan dia berkata pada saat itu.

ItuMoulin Rouge Aktor tampak tidak terpengaruh oleh pengalaman itu. Dia berbagi bahwa meskipun tahi lalat itu kanker, dia merasa itu "bukan masalah besar."

Seks dan kota bintangCynthia Nixon duludiagnosed with breast cancer in 2002 at the age of 40. The star was unsurprised by the news, having witnessed her mother survive the same diagnosis. "I always sort of thought, 'I'm probably going to get breast cancer. There's a really good chance," Nixon toldABC News in 2008.

While the actor admits that she initially felt "scared" upon learning of her condition, she says she felt very optimistic about how early it was caught. "I was very cognizant of if it's going to happen, this is the best way for it to happen—that it's found so early and we can just get right on it."

Tarek El Moussa, star of the hit HGTV series Flip or FlopdanFlipping 101, survived cancer not once but dua kali before turning 40. First diagnosed with thyroid cancer after a viewer of the show alerted him to a suspicious lump on his neck, he later learned that he had also developed testicular cancer.

"My advice to others is this: If you feel something is wrong, talk to as many medical professionals as you can," he told Mengatasi Majalah Kanker in 2016. "It's better to get opinions from five doctors rather than one who could make a mistake. Ultimately, you know your body. Trust your gut," he urged.

In 2011, 36-year-old E! Berita tuan rumahGiuliana Rancic shared a shocking announcement: She was undergoing treatment for breast cancer. Rancic says that though she was a "nervous wreck" about making her cancer battle public, she felt compelled to share her story in order to encourage others to get screened. "I have so many young female viewers who watch me and I want to help them," Rancic said on E! Berita (melaluiRakyat). "I have an amazing platform to really help people so that's why it was really important for me to share this story."

The TV host implores her viewers to "make that appointment with your doctor, make sure you're going to your yearly appointment, figure out how to give yourself a self exam." She adds: "I think we've done such a good job of raising awareness for breast cancer, but then you have to take awareness and turn it into action."

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