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Danielle Fishel has been diagnosed with breast cancer.
The 43-year-old actress, who is best known for her role as Topanga Lawrence on the teen sitcom Boy Meets World, has announced that she has been diagnosed with “a form of breast cancer.”
Speaking of the Pod Meets World PodcastDanielle explains: ‘I was recently diagnosed with DCIS, which stands for ductal carcinoma in situ, a form of breast cancer.
“It’s very, very, very early. Technically it’s stage zero.
“To be exact, because I always want too much information, I was diagnosed with DCIS with high-grade microinvasion.”
Danielle Fishel has been diagnosed with breast cancer
Fishel is best known for his role as Topanga Lawrence on the teen sitcom Boy Meets World; pictured right with co-stars Will Friedle, Rider Strong and Ben Savage
Despite this, Danielle remains optimistic and continues to insist that ‘things will turn out fine’.
She said, ‘It’s going to be okay. I’m going to have surgery to remove it.’
‘I’m going to have a follow-up treatment. I’ve had to make a lot of decisions in the last few days.’
Danielle is grateful that the problem was discovered “so, so, so early” and the actress encourages her fans to get tested as well.
She said: ‘The only reason I found out about this cancer when it was still stage zero is because I made an appointment the day I got the text that my annual mammogram was scheduled.
“They thought it was so, so, so early that I can make it. I hope it will encourage everyone to go there.”
Danielle also acknowledged that her treatment could get in the way of her podcast series.
The actress shared, “I have some big decisions ahead of me about what I want to do for treatment. I don’t have all the answers yet.
I wanted to let our dear listeners know that we’re going to try not to let it affect us, but [there are] “We may have to postpone things depending on what treatments I have.”