Christina Applegate Diagnosed With Breast Cancer

Christina Applegate‘s publicist has confirmed that the actress has been diagnosed with breast cancer.

The rep released the following statement, “Benefiting from early detection through a doctor ordered MRI, the cancer is not life threatening. Christina is following the recommended treatment of her doctors and will have a full recovery.”

Applegate’s mother has successfully battled breast cancer in the past. In 2003 Applegate said of her mother’s experience,

“The first time she was diagnosed I was a very young girl – probably 7. I’m not sure it really fully hit me at the time, but she had to undergo surgery and have a mastectomy and reconstructive surgery. It was devastating for my mother to lose one of her breasts and have to go through all that. It is a very personal cancer for the women it affects. This is about women’s womanhood. It’s one of the aspects of our femininity.”

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