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Fran Drescher has a big anniversary to celebrate.
The star of beloved sitcom тАЬThe NannyтАЭ gave an interview to the тАЬPeople┬аEvery DayтАЭ podcast and noted that itтАЩs been 21 years since she was declared cancer-free, following a radical hysterectomy after being diagnosed with uterine cancer in 1999.
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тАЬItтАЩs been an amazing journey and I have learned tremendous life lessons and experienced incredible silver linings as a result of this experience,тАЭ said Drescher in the podcast.
In fact, DrescherтАЩs experience with the disease led her to chronicle her journey in the memoir┬аCancer Schmancer.
She went on to found her own advocacy organization, Cancer Schmancer, named after her bookтАЩs title.
тАЬI got famous, then I got cancer, and now I live to talk about it,тАЭ she writes on the groupтАЩs website. тАЬSometimes the best gifts come in the ugliest packages. Please lock elbows with me and join the Cancer Schmancer Movement so together we can do what needs to be done, so fewer of us will die prematurely.тАЭ