Celebrities with cancer (or who have had it) are numerous, they are not spared from this common disease. Show business is no exception; famous actors, singers, businessmen or athletes have gone through this bad drink.
This disease is one of the worst that someone can suffer today. Did you know that the number of cancer cases will increase to 22 million during the next two decades? The pancreas, colon, breast or lung are usually the organs that are most affected by this disease.
Some got over it, others fell by the wayside. In today's article I bring you a list of famous people who have suffered from cancer. Many have suffered it and have overcome it, but there are others who, unfortunately, did not suffer the same fate.
The actor, known for playing the Hulk in famous Marvel movies, suffered a brain tumor a few years ago.
According to her account, she had such a severe headache that she decided to see a doctor. Unfortunately for him, the disease was detected at a time when his wife was about to give birth. For this reason, he did not make it public until the week after his birth..
Favorably, the surgery that was applied served to successfully remove the tumor: “All that experience of approaching mortality changed my perspective. I thought I deserved more, and I wasn't grateful for all the great shit that had happened to me. After overcoming the brain tumor I appreciated acting, and being able to do it again ".
Hugh Jackman has been one of the most notorious cases of cancer in recent years. Not because of his suffering, which also, but because of the awareness campaign that he led through his social networks about the correct protection of the skin.
The interpreter of Wolverine was detected a carcinoma in the nose in 2013. Since then, he undergoes check-ups every three months. The cause of her cancer, as she explained, was not applying sunscreen at any time during her childhood..
When the famous American actress discovered she had cancer, she underwent a lipectomy and a total of 36 radiation sessions, managing to overcome it.
Since then, his struggle to raise awareness among the population has been maximum. Urges menopausal women to get constant tests, in addition to having published the book on their experience in 2008 The Legs Are the Last to Go: Aging, Acting, Marrying & Other Things I Learned the Hard Way.
Edie Falco developed breast cancer while playing Carmela on The Sopranos. In an act of bravery and out of respect for the series, he was interspersing chemotherapy and trials.
As it explains, “In 2004, I realized that cancer was not going to kill me. Surviving cancer gives you a new perspective on what priorities are ". I was forty years old and single, so I decided to start an adoption process.
Probably the most notorious case of cancer in the world of sports. It was a mirror in which to reflect for the sick.
He was diagnosed with testicular cancer in October 96 that had spread to different parts of his body, something that he endured with an effective chemotherapy that saved him a year later..
In addition, since then it has participated in important awareness campaigns.
The leading actor of Dexter He publicly claimed in 2010 to have suffered from cancer. Luckily, by then he was already remitting, a piece of news that helped him to return to the recording of his fetish series and to delight his followers.
The one who was an actress of Sex in New York revealed in 2008 to have suffered from breast cancer just two years ago.
To overcome it, he underwent a lumpectomy and subsequently a six-week therapy during which he was going to different chemotherapy and radiation sessions..
The famous Hollywood actress had to overcome ovarian cancer in 2003 and then breast cancer in 2012. "Breast cancer runs like a river through my family. My mother and my niece had; and my aunt died of it " affirmed.
The solution to this was to have a double mastectomy. Likewise, it has already publicly stated that these cases should be made public in order to raise awareness among the population..
"I admire people who admit it and walk around without wigs and all that stuff." explained.
The Rod Stewart case was very popular. In 2000, he underwent a routine axial tomography when a tumor was discovered in his thyroid gland..
The singer himself claimed that the experience of suffering from throat cancer was terrible, but that thanks to his surgeon he was able to get ahead.
"I am one of the lucky ones" has stated several times. It is also totally committed to the Ciudad de la Esperanza Foundation..
The most international Spanish actor confirmed to have had a tumor. This was found after the death of his father on the back and what he claimed to be "The size of a fist".
This coincided with his wife's cancer, so he decided to keep it a secret to confirm it in public later..
The interpreter of The mask of Zorro assured that "Apart from family and closest friends, I have preferred to keep this nightmare to myself".
At just 36 years old, breast cancer shook the life of the famous Australian singer. In a first erroneous diagnosis, no type of disease was detected, something that changed after deciding to voluntarily go to the hospital for the second time.
There it was discovered that the disease was in his left breast. Kylie was able to get ahead after a partial mastectomy, chemotherapy and subsequent radiation.
Her experience has helped her to make an appeal and thus be able to educate women to carry out various reviews: "Just because someone wears a white coat and uses large medical instruments does not necessarily mean that they are right".
The old model and sex icon of the seventies, also did not get rid of the terrible disease.
In 2002, "Charlie's Angel" discovered a lump on one of her breasts during a routine exam. The solution that he decided to put to this was a mastectomy to later give radiation.
Diagnosed with tongue cancer, Michael Douglas continues to fight the disease.
At first he lied, stating that it was throat cancer, due to the fact of a possible surgical intervention where he would lose part of his jaw and tongue.
In recent months he has been very weakened, and the actor himself has already affirmed that the cause was oral sex.
The ex-wife of Antonio Banderas had to go through one of the least common cancers known to date.
Melanie had thin layers of skin under her eye removed due to skin cancer. The operation was a success and she was able to get ahead thanks to the fact that the disease was in a very early stage of development..
The protagonist of Modern family suffered from thyroid cancer at the young age of 28.
Sofía affirms that at the time it became totally traumatic for her. Once she was overcome with cancer, she was able to become one of the most famous actresses in the United States..
Jobs, the creator of the well-known Apple brand died in 2011 due to pancreatic cancer.
His constant efforts to try to overcome the disease caused him to delay for almost ten years. Finally, the genius of technology left this world at the young age of 56..
His last photo went around the world, where he was seen in a wheelchair accompanied by his relatives and visibly affected by the disease.
Unfortunately, this evil also took one of the best opera singers of all time. The tenor, who died in September 2007 at the age of 71, had been diagnosed years earlier with pancreatic cancer.
His doctor at the time, Antonil Frassoldati, stated the following: "He was always fully aware of the situation and always wanted to fight the disease: he was very serene".
On November 29, 2001, a multiple cancer made one of the members of The Beatles leave this world.
George Harrison was diagnosed as terminal just five days before his death. But before that, he was able to say goodbye in peace to both his family and Paul and Ringo.
Two of her songs, “More than a woman” and “My Sweet Lord”, reached number 1 on the charts after her passing..
Marley, the greatest reggae musician the world has ever seen, also succumbed to cancer. After having noticed a melanoma on the thumb of his right foot, the Jamaican decided to go ahead with his concerts, ignoring the problem.
By age three, the cancer had spread throughout her body. Given this, Bob could only hold out for eight more months. The musical icon died on May 11, 1981 at the age of 36.
The well-known actor known for his important roles in Ghost or Dirty dancing was fighting cancer for a long time.
Unfortunately, he died in 2009 at just 57 years old. The photos of his appearance during his last months of life were made quite viral due to his deteriorated physique.
Alec Guinness was one of the benchmark actors of the 20th century. Oscar-winning actor for The Bridge on the River Kwaii He died at the age of 86 on August 5, 2000.
He died at King Edward VII Hospital in Midhurst (Great Britain) after being admitted for a series of ailments due to liver cancer.
The funny thing about his death is that the actor decided to keep it a secret and not even tell his family or friends. The Briton left behind him nothing more and nothing less than fifty recorded films.
The intestinal cancer that HP Lovecraft developed over the years took him to unsuspected points.
His famously sickly nature made the effects of his illness remarkably acute. He was sensitive to temperatures below twenty degrees, suffered from malnutrition and kidney failure among other ailments.
In this way, the famous writer died at the age of 47 in 1937 at the Jane Brown Memorial Hospital in Providence (United States)..
One of the most notorious cancer diseases in recent times due to the repercussion of this personality from the world of football.
The famous ex-player and ex-coach of Futbol Club Barcelona went down in history as one of the best on the field. In addition, he was a benchmark in awareness campaigns about how harmful tobacco is.
In 1991 he underwent open heart surgery after suffering coronary insufficiency, something that forced him to quit smoking. But that was not enough, since in 2015 he developed lung cancer that would take his life just a few months later..
Returning to the world of football, the also former Barcelona coach died of this terrible disease.
The Catalan was directing the culé team from the bench during 2012, but the following season he was forced to leave it to later die on April 25, 2013. The cause would be a cancer of the gland against which he had been fighting for several years.
Tito Vilanova received tributes from all professionals in the world of football.
Without a doubt, the death of David Bowie was a major shock to the music world.
The rock star passed away in early 2016 due to cancer, and just three days after releasing his latest album, Blackstar, which curiously also coincided with his 69th birthday..
This is how his official accounts announced his death: “David Bowie died today peacefully surrounded by his family, after a courageous 18-month fight against cancer.".
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