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Old 08-04-2008, 10:00 AM   #1
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Christina Applegate fighting cancer

Actress Christina Applegate, famed for playing ditzy daughter KellyBundy on TV comedy "Married ... With Children," is fighting breastcancer, but expected to make a full recovery, her spokeswoman saidon Saturday.

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Old 08-04-2008, 01:39 PM   #2
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I was drawn to the part of the article that said that her cancer was "not life threatening" Are they kidding? Perhaps celebrities are privelaged to a different form of breast cancer than we are???

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Old 08-05-2008, 03:47 PM   #3
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Cheryl, my eyes were stuck to that part of the statement as well. How can they say that with such certainty?
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Old 08-06-2008, 10:43 AM   #4
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Immediately caught my eye...cancer is NEVER not life threatening.....
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