US actress Jenna Fischer recently announced her breast cancer diagnosis. Now she reports on her successful fight against the disease – and who helped her.
“The Office” actress Jenna Fischer opened up about her breast cancer diagnosis in an interview. After the diagnosis, she called her fellow actress Christina Applegate, 52, who was also struggling with the illness. In 2008, Applegate had both breasts amputated following her diagnosis.
Jenna Fischer is now cancer-free
“I called her, she answered the phone and said, ‘What is it?’ And I said, ‘It’s breast cancer.’ And she said, ‘I fucking knew it,'” Fischer told NBC . Applegate has connected with other breast cancer survivors, she said. Applegate and Fischer, 50, have already appeared together in front of the camera.
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Fischer played the receptionist Pam in the US comedy series “The Office” from 2005 to 2013. Two weeks ago she made her illness public on Instagram. She received the diagnosis in December 2023 after a routine examination. “After surgery, chemotherapy and radiation, I am now cancer-free,” she wrote in celebration of Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
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