it’s one of the world’s deadliest
diseases and these celebrities are proof
that it can happen to anyone but that it
can be beaten but if I think back to
some moments during that time it was
just awful awful awful welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top 10 celebrity
cancer survival stories I just got to
the point where I would go to chemo by
myself and just really Wow
go through it on my own you just I guess
it’s something that I felt I had to face
on my own for this list we’re looking at
those celebrities that were diagnosed
with cancer and eventually went into
remission the percentages are are very
good I would hate to say but right now
elections should be like 80 percent yeah
and with certain hospitals and
everything it does improve number 10
robert deniro everyone’s favorite New
York tough guy from such fantastic
movies as the Godfather Part 2 and taxi
driver you’re only as healthy appeal was
faced with a tougher than usual
challenge when he was diagnosed with
prostate cancer in October 2003 never
one to give up De Niro underwent surgery
at the Memorial sloan-kettering Cancer
Center in New York City in December of
that same year and successfully made a
full recovery while keeping information
about his condition as private as
possible I’m not asking you anymore I’m
telling you eat it less than a year
later he made his return to film with
movies like Shark Tale and Meet the
Fockers putting him back on the brighter
side of the limelight I think a
competitive drive is the essential key
that makes America the only remaining
superpower in the world today well
whatever works
number nine Tom Green
she never seen one of these before Tom
Green started out the new millennium as
a guy with a popular MTV show but early
in 2000 that show went on hiatus after
Green was diagnosed with testicular
cancer it’s a scary thing to have to
deal with and and it does change your
life having dealt with cancer while his
public persona previous to his illness
was that of a shock comedian the
announcement allowed him to show a
different side of himself on the Tom
Green cancer special by showing the
realities of living with the disease hey
kids feel here so you don’t get cancer
his special included graphic images of
his own operation which thankfully
turned out to be a success and seemingly
increased his fame and popularity
tenfold yeah here’s the thing that they
don’t tell you when you get cancer that
hurts and it hurts yes
it’s painful then he celebrated by
releasing Freddy got fingered
number eight Kathy Bates I call the
hospital and I talked to the head
orthopedic surgeon Bates has been one of
Hollywood’s most beloved actresses for
decades garnering critical acclaim for
her psychotic performance and misery and
again in James Cameron’s Titanic I don’t
think anybody knows what the hell’s
going on around here unfortunately with
a family history of the illness she’s
also battled more than one form of
cancer beginning in 2003 when she
successfully and secretly took on
ovarian cancer and she said you have a
mass and I began to shake after
revealing her diagnosis six years later
her struggle with the disease continued
as she was diagnosed with breast cancer
in 2012 which resulted in a double
mastectomy that left her with lymphedema
that was very traumatic to me and it
just it was sort of like the party’s
over
you know throughout her ordeal Bates has
proved herself to be just as tough off
screen as she is on becoming an
ambassador for the lymphatic education
and research Network and I think the
best advice I could get would be to keep
your friends close and and have faith
you know that you can get through it
number seven Melissa Etheridge
Etheridge a musician and singer known
for her raspy vocals earned her share of
praise in the 1990s including nabbing a
Grammy Award for her song eat it heavy
however it was her successful battle
with cancer in 2004 that garnered her
significant attention after undergoing
surgery and chemo for breast cancer she
returned to the Grammy stage bald from
chemotherapy to perform a celebrated
rendition of Janis Joplin’s piece of my
heart
rich completed her comeback later that
year with the release of her almost
instantly gold selling greatest hits
album bringing a face to cancer and
speaking her mind at every chance
Efrain also championed medical marijuana
with helping her through chemo I try to
say don’t wait till cancer comes and
gets you you can actually make these
changes in your life and start living a
very very healthy happy life yeah number
six
Rod Stewart I didn’t even think it could
be cancer not me what’s to uh fill work
out you know but sure enough it was
there was a little growth that I think
they should cut out a British singer who
has six consecutive number-one albums
and is one of the best-selling artists
in history Rod Stewart is a legend of
rock and roll one with an unmistakable
raspy singing voice much like Etheridge
when he was already on the other side of
his 55th birthday Stewart was diagnosed
with thyroid cancer in May of 2000 and
that diagnosis was a stressful one as it
threatened to rob the rocker of his
iconic singing voice I was frightened
really scared you know and all sorts of
thoughts were going through my mind you
know becoming a landscape gardener he
received immediate treatment and the
surgery was a success
but it took such a toll on his vocal
chords that he had to entirely relearn
how to sing if that’s not dedication to
your art it’s hard to say what is
– fine
number five Kylie Minogue best known as
a candy voiced vocalist Kylie actually
started her career in television
starring in the long-running Australian
soap opera neighbours for two years
Charlene if you should have a customer
would you magista fasten your big a
bunny than I am what’s up uh after being
deemed the Princess of Pop by the media
Minh old was diagnosed with breast
cancer during her 2005 greatest hits
tour I stayed indoors and and it was my
family who supported me through but
really rotten dark moments not one to
let that stop her she dealt with the
intense media and paparazzi coverage
wrote a children’s book while she
recuperated and continued the tour later
that year but with a less strenuous
approach to the theatrical side of
things
even more importantly some doctors have
cited Minogue’s high-profile cancer case
as a factor that encouraged young women
to get regular checks for the disease
whatever hope or help I give to people
who are going through a similar kind of
circumstance then I just want to spread
that message you know number four
Michael Douglas so you’ve already begun
the regimen I’ve started the regimen
already
I mean you you’ve never looked better to
me and this proves that you’re a tough
guy for God’s sake one of the most
celebrated actors around who’s even won
the AFI Life Achievement Award Michael
Douglas is perhaps best known for his
role as the greedy Gordon Gekko in Wall
Street greed is right greed works greed
terrifies through and captures the
essence of the evolutionary spirit
several decades after he played that
character in 2010
Douglas was diagnosed with stage-four
tongue cancer with the severity of this
diagnosis the actor had virtually no
hope of survival but his treatment was
successful a spokesperson for the actor
says the tumor is gone and doctors did
not detect anything else he will have to
be monitored for the next few months
although American Douglass’s cancer was
actually identified by Canadian doctors
after countless visits to American
specialists failed to detect it which is
why Douglas has offered his time and
fame to help raise money for the
montreal hospital where he was diagnosed
the one thing that I will be so
internally grateful to cancer for is
it’s shown me a love and a bond with my
family my best friends I never would
have imagined would have been that deep
there wasn’t food for cancer so I’ll
thank it for that number three Christina
Applegate okay no I don’t want to go to
a party in your pants very well Ian she
liked to go to a party in my pants
christina applegate
who most of you might recognize from the
anchorman movies started her career on
the often raunchy hit sitcom married
with children
oopsie
uh-uh the correct way to pick something
up is to bend from the knees in August
2008 it was revealed that the 36 year
old Applegate had an early form of
breast cancer my doctor said you know
that mammograms are not working for you
because you’re too dense and so we’re
gonna do an MRI and it was with that MRI
that I found cancer due to early
detection and the fact that she carried
a cancer triggering gene Applegate
easily beat the disease with a double
mastectomy and afterwards changed her
eating habits to a more healthy and
balanced diet now this is the time that
you have this opportunity to change the
way you eat the way you everything you
do
she also involved herself in breast
cancer charities got back to work
producing and acting in the sitcom
Samantha Who and returned to the big
screen in a big way sweetheart we have
to let him go he needs to go free just
like Dobby number two Sharon Osbourne a
week later I’m in New York working and I
get the phone call that I’d got cancer
and it was stage three of all the
Osbourne’s Ozzy seems the most likely to
have a health issue but it was Sharon
who looked death in the eye in 2002
during her battle with colon cancer
which eventually spread to her lymph
nodes giving her an uncertain 33 percent
possibility of survival her diagnosis
affected her family deeply with Ozzy
falling apart emotionally and her son
Jack even attempting suicide I got to
the point where I was suicidal why did
you want to die because I wasn’t happy
when I was sober I know and I wasn’t
happy when I was high anymore luckily
for her and her family she pulled
through and her entire struggle was
captured for the second season of The
Osbournes I went to the doctor today my
blood work is completely clear of cancer
and I finished my treatment in January
ten years later she chose to avoid
another bout with cancer by undergoing a
double mastectomy when she learned she
carried a gene that increases breast
cancer risk just relieved that’s the way
I felt and I I did it the way I did it
because I didn’t want to worry friends
and
before we take a look at our top pick
here are some honorable mentions how’d
you feel when they told you you had it
well it was just like somebody hit you
in the belly with a iron pipe simple
good to see you you look wonderful to
see you he went on to explain he’s
undergoing treatment and is more than
optimistic about a satisfactory outcome
I was diagnosed with bilateral breast
cancer and I ended up getting a double
mastectomy so in my case starting my
mammograms early because I had a family
history of it what might have you know
been really life-saving number one Lance
Armstrong no once I was thinking about
quitting when I was diagnosed with brain
lung and testicular cancer all at the
same time but with the love and support
of my friends and family I got back on
the bike and I won the Tour de France
five times in a row but I’m sure you
have a good reason to quit cancer is
something we all have to worry about but
it certainly isn’t a common concern at
age 25 unfortunately for faint cyclist
Lance Armstrong he was diagnosed with
stage 3 testicular cancer at that age in
late 1996 with his doctor claiming that
he had next to no hope for survival
since it had already spread to his brain
lungs and abdomen clearly he had less
than a 50% chance of surviving his
illness based on the distribution of the
disease at the time of diagnosis against
all odds Armstrong was declared
cancer-free less than a year after his
initial diagnosis and went on to win
seven straight Tour de France titles
from 1999 to 2005 despite the subsequent
doping scandal that stripped him of his
wins Armstrong is still an inspiration
to anyone challenged by cancer
encouraging them to LIVESTRONG it’s been
10 years we have we’ve raised over 200
million dollars and it’s been something
yeah it’s been do you agree with our
list what celebrity do you know defeated
cancer for more courageous top 10s
published every day be sure to subscribe
to watchmojo.com if you suddenly feel
that something is caught in your throat
you’re constantly clearing your throat
you experience any throat pain ear
discomfort
those are all signs you should tell your
doctor not something to ignore and just
try and tough it out
you
diseases and these celebrities are proof
that it can happen to anyone but that it
can be beaten but if I think back to
some moments during that time it was
just awful awful awful welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top 10 celebrity
cancer survival stories I just got to
the point where I would go to chemo by
myself and just really Wow
go through it on my own you just I guess
it’s something that I felt I had to face
on my own for this list we’re looking at
those celebrities that were diagnosed
with cancer and eventually went into
remission the percentages are are very
good I would hate to say but right now
elections should be like 80 percent yeah
and with certain hospitals and
everything it does improve number 10
robert deniro everyone’s favorite New
York tough guy from such fantastic
movies as the Godfather Part 2 and taxi
driver you’re only as healthy appeal was
faced with a tougher than usual
challenge when he was diagnosed with
prostate cancer in October 2003 never
one to give up De Niro underwent surgery
at the Memorial sloan-kettering Cancer
Center in New York City in December of
that same year and successfully made a
full recovery while keeping information
about his condition as private as
possible I’m not asking you anymore I’m
telling you eat it less than a year
later he made his return to film with
movies like Shark Tale and Meet the
Fockers putting him back on the brighter
side of the limelight I think a
competitive drive is the essential key
that makes America the only remaining
superpower in the world today well
whatever works
number nine Tom Green
she never seen one of these before Tom
Green started out the new millennium as
a guy with a popular MTV show but early
in 2000 that show went on hiatus after
Green was diagnosed with testicular
cancer it’s a scary thing to have to
deal with and and it does change your
life having dealt with cancer while his
public persona previous to his illness
was that of a shock comedian the
announcement allowed him to show a
different side of himself on the Tom
Green cancer special by showing the
realities of living with the disease hey
kids feel here so you don’t get cancer
his special included graphic images of
his own operation which thankfully
turned out to be a success and seemingly
increased his fame and popularity
tenfold yeah here’s the thing that they
don’t tell you when you get cancer that
hurts and it hurts yes
it’s painful then he celebrated by
releasing Freddy got fingered
number eight Kathy Bates I call the
hospital and I talked to the head
orthopedic surgeon Bates has been one of
Hollywood’s most beloved actresses for
decades garnering critical acclaim for
her psychotic performance and misery and
again in James Cameron’s Titanic I don’t
think anybody knows what the hell’s
going on around here unfortunately with
a family history of the illness she’s
also battled more than one form of
cancer beginning in 2003 when she
successfully and secretly took on
ovarian cancer and she said you have a
mass and I began to shake after
revealing her diagnosis six years later
her struggle with the disease continued
as she was diagnosed with breast cancer
in 2012 which resulted in a double
mastectomy that left her with lymphedema
that was very traumatic to me and it
just it was sort of like the party’s
over
you know throughout her ordeal Bates has
proved herself to be just as tough off
screen as she is on becoming an
ambassador for the lymphatic education
and research Network and I think the
best advice I could get would be to keep
your friends close and and have faith
you know that you can get through it
number seven Melissa Etheridge
Etheridge a musician and singer known
for her raspy vocals earned her share of
praise in the 1990s including nabbing a
Grammy Award for her song eat it heavy
however it was her successful battle
with cancer in 2004 that garnered her
significant attention after undergoing
surgery and chemo for breast cancer she
returned to the Grammy stage bald from
chemotherapy to perform a celebrated
rendition of Janis Joplin’s piece of my
heart
rich completed her comeback later that
year with the release of her almost
instantly gold selling greatest hits
album bringing a face to cancer and
speaking her mind at every chance
Efrain also championed medical marijuana
with helping her through chemo I try to
say don’t wait till cancer comes and
gets you you can actually make these
changes in your life and start living a
very very healthy happy life yeah number
six
Rod Stewart I didn’t even think it could
be cancer not me what’s to uh fill work
out you know but sure enough it was
there was a little growth that I think
they should cut out a British singer who
has six consecutive number-one albums
and is one of the best-selling artists
in history Rod Stewart is a legend of
rock and roll one with an unmistakable
raspy singing voice much like Etheridge
when he was already on the other side of
his 55th birthday Stewart was diagnosed
with thyroid cancer in May of 2000 and
that diagnosis was a stressful one as it
threatened to rob the rocker of his
iconic singing voice I was frightened
really scared you know and all sorts of
thoughts were going through my mind you
know becoming a landscape gardener he
received immediate treatment and the
surgery was a success
but it took such a toll on his vocal
chords that he had to entirely relearn
how to sing if that’s not dedication to
your art it’s hard to say what is
– fine
number five Kylie Minogue best known as
a candy voiced vocalist Kylie actually
started her career in television
starring in the long-running Australian
soap opera neighbours for two years
Charlene if you should have a customer
would you magista fasten your big a
bunny than I am what’s up uh after being
deemed the Princess of Pop by the media
Minh old was diagnosed with breast
cancer during her 2005 greatest hits
tour I stayed indoors and and it was my
family who supported me through but
really rotten dark moments not one to
let that stop her she dealt with the
intense media and paparazzi coverage
wrote a children’s book while she
recuperated and continued the tour later
that year but with a less strenuous
approach to the theatrical side of
things
even more importantly some doctors have
cited Minogue’s high-profile cancer case
as a factor that encouraged young women
to get regular checks for the disease
whatever hope or help I give to people
who are going through a similar kind of
circumstance then I just want to spread
that message you know number four
Michael Douglas so you’ve already begun
the regimen I’ve started the regimen
already
I mean you you’ve never looked better to
me and this proves that you’re a tough
guy for God’s sake one of the most
celebrated actors around who’s even won
the AFI Life Achievement Award Michael
Douglas is perhaps best known for his
role as the greedy Gordon Gekko in Wall
Street greed is right greed works greed
terrifies through and captures the
essence of the evolutionary spirit
several decades after he played that
character in 2010
Douglas was diagnosed with stage-four
tongue cancer with the severity of this
diagnosis the actor had virtually no
hope of survival but his treatment was
successful a spokesperson for the actor
says the tumor is gone and doctors did
not detect anything else he will have to
be monitored for the next few months
although American Douglass’s cancer was
actually identified by Canadian doctors
after countless visits to American
specialists failed to detect it which is
why Douglas has offered his time and
fame to help raise money for the
montreal hospital where he was diagnosed
the one thing that I will be so
internally grateful to cancer for is
it’s shown me a love and a bond with my
family my best friends I never would
have imagined would have been that deep
there wasn’t food for cancer so I’ll
thank it for that number three Christina
Applegate okay no I don’t want to go to
a party in your pants very well Ian she
liked to go to a party in my pants
christina applegate
who most of you might recognize from the
anchorman movies started her career on
the often raunchy hit sitcom married
with children
oopsie
uh-uh the correct way to pick something
up is to bend from the knees in August
2008 it was revealed that the 36 year
old Applegate had an early form of
breast cancer my doctor said you know
that mammograms are not working for you
because you’re too dense and so we’re
gonna do an MRI and it was with that MRI
that I found cancer due to early
detection and the fact that she carried
a cancer triggering gene Applegate
easily beat the disease with a double
mastectomy and afterwards changed her
eating habits to a more healthy and
balanced diet now this is the time that
you have this opportunity to change the
way you eat the way you everything you
do
she also involved herself in breast
cancer charities got back to work
producing and acting in the sitcom
Samantha Who and returned to the big
screen in a big way sweetheart we have
to let him go he needs to go free just
like Dobby number two Sharon Osbourne a
week later I’m in New York working and I
get the phone call that I’d got cancer
and it was stage three of all the
Osbourne’s Ozzy seems the most likely to
have a health issue but it was Sharon
who looked death in the eye in 2002
during her battle with colon cancer
which eventually spread to her lymph
nodes giving her an uncertain 33 percent
possibility of survival her diagnosis
affected her family deeply with Ozzy
falling apart emotionally and her son
Jack even attempting suicide I got to
the point where I was suicidal why did
you want to die because I wasn’t happy
when I was sober I know and I wasn’t
happy when I was high anymore luckily
for her and her family she pulled
through and her entire struggle was
captured for the second season of The
Osbournes I went to the doctor today my
blood work is completely clear of cancer
and I finished my treatment in January
ten years later she chose to avoid
another bout with cancer by undergoing a
double mastectomy when she learned she
carried a gene that increases breast
cancer risk just relieved that’s the way
I felt and I I did it the way I did it
because I didn’t want to worry friends
and
before we take a look at our top pick
here are some honorable mentions how’d
you feel when they told you you had it
well it was just like somebody hit you
in the belly with a iron pipe simple
good to see you you look wonderful to
see you he went on to explain he’s
undergoing treatment and is more than
optimistic about a satisfactory outcome
I was diagnosed with bilateral breast
cancer and I ended up getting a double
mastectomy so in my case starting my
mammograms early because I had a family
history of it what might have you know
been really life-saving number one Lance
Armstrong no once I was thinking about
quitting when I was diagnosed with brain
lung and testicular cancer all at the
same time but with the love and support
of my friends and family I got back on
the bike and I won the Tour de France
five times in a row but I’m sure you
have a good reason to quit cancer is
something we all have to worry about but
it certainly isn’t a common concern at
age 25 unfortunately for faint cyclist
Lance Armstrong he was diagnosed with
stage 3 testicular cancer at that age in
late 1996 with his doctor claiming that
he had next to no hope for survival
since it had already spread to his brain
lungs and abdomen clearly he had less
than a 50% chance of surviving his
illness based on the distribution of the
disease at the time of diagnosis against
all odds Armstrong was declared
cancer-free less than a year after his
initial diagnosis and went on to win
seven straight Tour de France titles
from 1999 to 2005 despite the subsequent
doping scandal that stripped him of his
wins Armstrong is still an inspiration
to anyone challenged by cancer
encouraging them to LIVESTRONG it’s been
10 years we have we’ve raised over 200
million dollars and it’s been something
yeah it’s been do you agree with our
list what celebrity do you know defeated
cancer for more courageous top 10s
published every day be sure to subscribe
to watchmojo.com if you suddenly feel
that something is caught in your throat
you’re constantly clearing your throat
you experience any throat pain ear
discomfort
those are all signs you should tell your
doctor not something to ignore and just
try and tough it out
you
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