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Applegate Being Treated For Breast Cancer

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The Tampa Tribune

Published: August 4, 2008

Christina Applegate is undergoing treatment for breast cancer, but the disease was caught early and the actress is expected to fully recover, her publicist said.

The Emmy winner's cancer was detected through an MRI ordered by a doctor and is not life-threatening, publicist Ame Van Iden said in a statement Saturday.

Applegate is scheduled to appear on a one-hour television special, "Stand Up To Cancer," to be aired on ABC, CBS and NBC on Sept. 5 to raise money for cancer research.

The 36-year-old actress has been nominated for an Emmy and a Golden Globe for the show "Samantha Who?", in which she plays a woman who wakes from a coma with no memory of who she is.

The show, which debuted last October, marked a return to series television for Applegate, who helped establish the Fox network in 1987 as ditzy teenager Kelly Bundy on "Married ... With Children." The raunchy comedy ran 11 seasons and has been airing in syndication since.

Applegate won an Emmy as outstanding guest actress in a comedy series in 2003 for her role as one of Jennifer Aniston's younger sisters in "Friends." She was nominated for a Tony in 2005 for the Broadway musical "Sweet Charity."

Today's Birthdays

Journalist Helen Thomas is 88. Singer Frankie Ford is 69. Actor-comedian Richard Belzer is 64. Actor-screenwriter Billy Bob Thornton is 53. Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., is 47. Baseball pitcher Roger Clemens is 46. Actor Daniel Dae Kim is 40. Actor Michael DeLuise is 39. Actors Cole and Dylan Sprouse are 16.

Source: The Associated Press

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