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Breast cancer does not discriminate between rich and poor, if not diagnosed early it can kill anyone. Many celebrities have succumbed to it and some have fought it and survived. Medindia has listed all these famous actresses and personalities who have suffered from breast cancer.



Olivia Newton-John Actress and Singer
Shirley Temple Black Actress/singer /diplomat
Jill Eikenberry Actress
Nancy Reagan Former First Lady
Diahann Carroll Actress and Singer
Peggy Fleming Olympic figure skater
Nancy Brinker Founder of the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer
Foundation
Julia Child Chef
Jaclyn Smith Actress
Edna Campbell WNBA player
Betty Ford One of the creators of Barbie and former President
Of Mattel
Kate Jackson Actress
Gloria Steinem Activist/ co-founder of Ms. magazine
Ann Jillian Actress
Patti LaBelle Singer/author /actress
Marcia Wallace Actress
Rue McClanaha Actress
Cokie Roberts Broadcast journalist
Richard Roundtree Actor
Carly Simon Singer/ songwriter
Margaretta (Happy) Rockefeller Actress
Jill Eikenberry Wife of former Vice President Nelson Rockefeller


Celebrities who have died of breast cancer

Linda McCartney Musician/ photographer/ wife of Paul McCartney
Dusty Springfield Singer
Ingrid Bergman Actress
Minnie Riperton Vocalist and songwriter
June Jordan Author/poet
Bette Davis Actress
Marcella Markham Actress
Jill Ireland Actress and wife of actor Charles Bronson
Coral Browne Actress and wife of Vincent Price
Hattie McDaniel Actress
Louise Troy Actress
Sigrid Wurschmidt Actress
Danitra Vance Actress

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Posted by:  BenedictPaulC  Posted on: 05/03/2012
Saying incidence of breast cancer [or any disease] is high in western world is meaningless. In India, we do not have proper statistics in any hospital. We do not have well established Biostatistics dept in any of our hospitals/universities. Moreover, we do not have any proper centralized system of collecting such data as they have in the US as NIH. Apart from this, still more than 65% of our population are in rural areas where basic treatment itself is at stake. So, we do not have any rights whatsoever to comment on the western world.



Posted by:  lifesaverclinic  Posted on: 01/24/2012
hope for the hopeless got best results



Posted by:  srk001  Posted on: 12/26/2011
FOR BEST SOLUTIONS ON ANY HEALTH CARE PROBLEMS.



Posted by:  dr.anita  Posted on: 09/20/2009
I agree.I have been conducting training programmes for women on early detction of breast cancer.Main focus has been breast sed to about 9000 women over the past 3 years.If there is nothing much we can do for prevention then early detection has to be the main focus.
dr.anita khokhar.M.D.




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