17. Sheryl Crow
After her diagnosis in 2006, Sheryl Crow surrounded herself with positive, uplifting people. “I think encouragement always goes a long way,” the singer told CNN. “It is so scary … but having the positive support of loved ones is invaluable.”
18. Melissa Etheridge
Somewhere along the road to becoming disease-free after her 2004 diagnosis, Melissa Etheridge knew she had to start removing the cancer in every area of her life. “I’ve changed my lifestyle,” she told “Dateline NBC.” “I have taken what I consider poisonous things out of my life. Out of my food, out of my work, out of my social circle, out of everything. Because I want a clean, cancer-free life. And I believe I can have that.”
19. Suzanne Somers
Three years after her diagnosis in 2000, actress Suzanne Somers went on “Larry King Live” to talk about her experience with the disease. “I look at everybody differently. I look at every child differently. I look at every flower differently,” Somers said. “I’m grateful for every day. … (I)t’s like before and after. Once you’ve had (cancer), you just appreciate everything.”
20. Kate Jackson
Kate Jackson and Jaclyn Smith were part of the original Charlie’s Angels trio (along with the late Farrah Fawcett). Both have faced breast cancer. Kate Jackson was diagnosed and treated twice, once in 1987 and again in 1989. Smith had a lumpectomy with radiation treatment in 2002. Jaclyn Smith is the spokesperson for a program called “Strength in Knowing: The Facts and Fiction of Breast Cancer Risk.”
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