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Jenna Fischer Revealed Why Christina Applegate Was One Of Her First Calls After Being Diagnosed With Cancer


<i>The Office</i> actor, who says her famous friend uses “salty language,” recently went public about being diagnosed last year.

Fischer only recently publicly announced her diagnosis, however, in an Instagram post for National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Fischer said the “dense tissue” in her breasts yielded inconclusive results, leading to an advised ultrasound and a later biopsy that determined a “10% chance it’s cancerous.” She recalled being on a hike when an email confirmed her Stage 1 ductal carcinoma. “I think the word that really got to me was when we found out that I was triple-positive and my oncologist said chemotherapy,” the mother of two told Kotb, adding that she was in “disbelief” at the diagnosis.

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