Random Celebrities Who Survived Cancer (28 items)

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  (#12) Giuliana Rancic

  • 1974-08-17

  Giuliana Rancic is a breast cancer survivor. She said: "Because I've gone public with the breast cancer, I hear a lot of stories and some are not as great as others. Whether it's resulting in complications from surgery...whatever the case, I hear it all."

  She continued: "And I realize how fortunate I am...to have just kind of gotten out of there OK, because it is such a major surgery."
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  (#8) Sharon Osbourne

  • 1952-10-09

  Sharon Osbourne documented her 2002 struggle with colon cancer on her MTV reality show "The Osbournes."
  
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  (#15) Edie Falco

  • 1963-07-05

  "The Sopranos" actress Edie Falco is a breast cancer survivor. She explains why she kept her illness a secret on the set of the HBO drama: "It was very important for me to keep my diagnosis under the radar, even from the cast and crew of "The Sopranos."

  She explained further: "...well-meaning people would have driven me crazy asking, “How are you feeling?” I would have wanted to say, “I'm scared, I don't feel so good, and my hair is falling out."
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  (#9) Lance Armstrong

  • 1971-09-18

  Lance Armstrong is a survivor of testicular cancer. He said, "To continue believing in yourself, believing in the doctors, believing in the treatment, believing in whatever I chose to believe in, that was the most important thing, I decided. It had to be."
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  (#11) Mark Ruffalo

  • 1967-11-22

  Mark Ruffalo had a benign brain tumor removed in 2002.
  
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  (#20) Hoda Kotb

  • 1964-08-09

  Hoda Kotb is a breast cancer survivor. She documented her illness by allowing cameras from "The Today Show" to follow her throughout treatment.

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