Celebs who successfully fought cancer and recovered

Sonali Bendre

Bollywood's most beloved actress of 90's Sonali Bendre was diagnosed with Metastatic cancer last year in July. In metastasis cancer, the cancerous cells spread to new areas of the body by way of the lymph system or bloodstream. When cancer spreads from the original parts of the body to other places, it is called metastatic cancer. The liver, lungs, lymph nodes and bones are common areas of metastasis.

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Tahira Kashyap

Writer and director, Tahira Kashyap was diagnosed with Stage 0 of breast cancer in 2018. Stage 0 breast cancer or ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) is a non-invasive cancer in which abnormal, cancerous cells grow in the lining of the breast milk duct. The damaged cells do not spread outside the ducts into the surrounding breast tissue.

Lisa Ray

Lisa Ray was diagnosed with multiple Myeloma cancer a decade ago. After fighting the battle for a year, she was declared cancer-free. Multiple myeloma is a type of cancer that forms in a plasma cell. A plasma cell is a type of white blood cell that fights infections by making antibodies.

Manisha Koirala

Actress Manisha Koirala was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in November 2012. She went through a six-month-long treatment and surgery in New York. Ovarian cancer begins in the ovaries of the female reproductive system. It often goes undiagnosed until it spreads to pelvis and abdomen.

Yuvraj Singh

Former Indian cricketer Yuvraj Singh was diagnosed with a cancerous tumor in the left lung in 2011. It is caused due to abnormal growth of cells in the lung tissue, or the airways.