Cynthia Nixon Diagnosed With Breast Cancer
‘Sex and the City’ leading lady Cynthia Nixon has revealed that she was diagnosed with breast cancer two years, ago after she’d gone for a “completely routine mammogram”.
The actress, who is reprising her role as Miranda Hobbes for the movie version of SaTC, told ‘Good Morning America’ that she was informed she had breast cancer by her gynaecologist in 2006.
“She says, ‘Well I have some, it’s not great news,’” Nixon explained, admitting that she immediately felt scared.
“[She said] If it’s going to happen, this is the best way for it to happen – that it’s found so early, and we can just get right on it.”
According to the 42-year-old, the lump was very small and was caught very early. She is “going to have an operation, they’re going to take it out and then we’re going to have six-and-a-half weeks of radiation, every weekday.”
Nixon also explained that breast cancer is hereditary in her family saying, “This is what grandma went through, and I’m going to be fine… As the daughter of a breast cancer survivor, knowing my personal risk made me more aware and more empowered when I faced my own diagnosis.”
She added that she chose to keep the news private, because she “didn’t want paparazzi at the hospital.”