‘The Office’ star reveals battle with serious cancer

“In October 2023, I posted a photo of myself going to my usual mammogram, joking like Michael Scott,” Jenna Fischer, who plays receptionist Pam on “The Office,” solemnly explains in an Instagram post. published this October 8, 2024.

The star is today far from all that since she also explains that she is free of it, “after surgery, chemotherapy and irradiation, I am now free of this cancer”. “Triple positive is a very aggressive form of cancer, but also a form that responds very well to treatment. I had an operation to remove the tumor. Luckily, my cancer was caught early enough so the cancer wouldn’t spread elsewhere in the body.

The actress was able to count on the support of her profession, her friends, her husband and her children to cope with the illness. Although she still has various treatments to carry out to limit the risk of recurrence, it is time for celebration in the small family.

She punctuates her message about the importance of preventing breast cancer with an annual mammogram and the need to take the disease seriously. “I’m serious, call your doctor now.” My tumor was so small that a simple palpation would not have discovered it,” explains the 50-year-old woman.

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