Jenna Fischer shared on social media Tuesday that she was diagnosed with breast cancer last year. The Office star detailed her experience undergoing treatment and credited her friends, family, and healthcare professionals for supporting her. She said that after “completing surgery, chemotherapy and radiation” she is now “cancer free.
” In her Instagram post, Fischer encouraged other women to get their annual mammograms, citing how her own routine check helped save her life. “Back in October of 2023, I posted a photo of myself on Instagram preparing for my routine mammogram with a joking reminder to ‘take care of your ticking time bags,’ a la Michael Scott,” said Fischer, 50, a reference to Steve Carell’s character on the show. “After inconclusive results on that mammogram due to dense breast tissue, my doctor ordered a breast ultrasound.
They found something in my left breast. A biopsy was ordered. Then, on Dec.
1, 2023, I learned I had Stage 1 Triple Positive Breast Cancer.” The actress said that while she had an “aggressive form” of breast cancer, it was highly responsive to treatment and that she a lumpectomy to remove the tumor, followed by chemotherapy and radiation “to be sure it didn’t return.” She added that in February, she began 12 rounds of weekly chemotherapy and in June, started three weeks of radiation.
“While I continue to be treated with infusions of Herceptin and a daily dose of Tamoxifen, I’m happy to say I’m feeling grea.
