Christina Applegate was no stranger to cancer since her mother had fought breast and ovarian cancer, which made her particularly aware of the potential problem.

Watch Christina’s interview with Oprah, about her breast cancer fight and find out why she calls it a “strange blessing.”

In this Entertainment Tonight clip, Hollywood star, actress Christina Apple, opens up about her breast cancer and double mastectomy. This video was shared by the entertainment channel in 2014, but her breast cancer story goes back to 2008 when she was first diagnosed with the disease and had the surgical procedure later in the same year. Watch the video and find out more about how she coped with the disease after her diagnosis and how her life has been since then.

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