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Oh noez! Valerie Harper has terminal brain cancer. (Original Post) Are_grits_groceries Mar 2013 OP
She survived lung cancer... KansDem Mar 2013 #1
... xchrom Mar 2013 #2

KansDem

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1. She survived lung cancer...
Wed Mar 6, 2013, 09:37 AM
Mar 2013
Valerie Harper: Actor, Author, and Lung Cancer Survivor

A “complete accident” is how actor and author Valerie Harper, 73, describes her diagnosis of lung cancer in March 2009.

“I broke my wrist two years earlier and needed surgery to repair the injury,” says Harper. “My surgeon wanted to do a pre-op chest X-ray as part of the preparation for the surgery. I didn’t think a thing of it.”

The results of that X-ray upended Harper’s world. Suddenly, instead of prepping for her next role on Broadway, the Tony-nominated Broadway actor and star of iconic television shows like “Rhoda” and “Valerie’s Family” had to prepare to battle lung cancer.

“I got a call from my doctor who said there’s something on your lung in the X-ray and I needed to come in to see him.”

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http://health.yahoo.net/experts/celebrityhealthminute/valerie-harper-actor-author-lung-cancer-survivor

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