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December 2, 2008 6:46:57 AM CST



Cynthia Nixon: I Survived Breast Cancer

Posted Apr 16, 08 11:00 AM CDT in Science & Health Gossip 

(Newser) – "Sex and the City" actress Cynthia Nixon quietly fought breast cancer two years ago while performing on Broadway, she revealed for the first time yesterday. "I didn't really want to make it public while I was going through it. I didn't want paparazzi at the hospital," the "scared" 42-year-old best known for playing Miranda Hobbes told ABC's "Good Morning America."

Nixon, whose own mother battled breast cancer twice, underwent a lumpectomy and six and a half weeks of radiation. She says that while she kept the cancer a secret, she and her girlfriend of four years “made a big point of talking to my kids about it,” and she's since agreed to be the spokeswoman for the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation.

Source New York Daily News

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Actors from left, Kim Cattrall as Samantha Jones, Sarah Jessica Parker as Carrie Bradshaw, Cynthia Nixon as Miranda Hobbes and Kristin Davis as Charlotte York-Goldenblatt in a scene from "Sex and the...   (AP Photo)
"Sex and the City" actor Cynthia Nixon, with costars Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall and Kristin Davis last week in New York, is talking publicly about her battle breast cancer 2 years ago.   (AP Photo/Peter Kramer)
Actress Cynthia Nixon will team up with Susan G. Komen for the Cure as an ambassador. Speaking openly about her own diagnosis, Nixon will help the global breast cancer organization reach millions.   (AP Photo)
Actress Cynthia Nixon, last month in New York, had breast cancer two years ago.   (AP Photo/Evan Agostini)
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