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Bachelorette's Katie Thurston Shares Cancer Treatment Plan After Stage 4 Diagnosis
Katie Thurston got immoderate bully quality amid her crab battle.
The former Bachelorette star—who precocious shared that her bosom crab diagnosis is present signifier 4 aft spreading to her liver—revealed that sher plans to acquisition chemotherapy were cancelled arsenic her doc called her with encouraging caller trial results.
"Today I was expected to commencement chemo," Katie captioned an April 4 Instagram video of herself enjoying a sunset with husband Jeff Arcuri. "I had my acold cap, my acold socks, snacks, blankets, medications, amusement ready. My aunt Lindsey flew successful to beryllium with maine this play for recovery. However, yesterday I got the telephone that my pathology results connected my liver, breast, and lymph nodes each came backmost arsenic HER2 Negative adjacent though my archetypal samples arsenic Kaiser were HER2+."
"I was minutes distant from taking my steroid for chemo prep," she added. "Instead I americium headed to my doc to sermon however this happened, what investigating is needed, and what this means for my caller attraction plan."
The 34-year-old continued to accidental that she believes chemotherapy is "off the array for now," but remains uneasy astir what this update means for her.
"I should beryllium excited astir that. But successful 2 months, I’ve continued to get an updated diagnosis 3 times," Katie explained. "I deliberation thoroughness and getting a 2nd aesculapian sentiment has been instrumental successful my aboriginal crab signifier journey."
The erstwhile day, the world prima shared that she'd received a telephone from her doc telling her to "hold off" connected packing her chemo bag, which near her confused.
"I privation to consciousness similar that’s a bully thing," she said connected her Instagram Stories April 3, "but the changeless whiplash of trial aft test, doc aft doc is conscionable like...I don’t adjacent know. The biggest takeaway is conscionable ever get a 2nd opinion."
On a consequent slide, Katie clarified that "this could beryllium bully news," but continued to dependable disconnected connected the antithetic directives she's gotten during treatment.
As she wrote, "It’s a caput f--k to person ongoing conflicting accusation from antithetic doctors that alters the way of your attraction and your life."
Katie has been unfastened astir her crab battle since sharing her archetypal diagnosis successful February, and she's had Jeff by her broadside passim the ordeal. In fact, it was her diagnosis with bosom crab that made the couple—who got joined March 22—want to say "I do" earlier than they'd antecedently anticipated.
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“We’ll inactive volition person a wedding successful the future,” Katie told Us Weekly in a associated interview with Jeff March 23. “But it was kinda conscionable this truly benignant motion of conscionable him saying similar truly, successful sickness and successful health. He’s proving that he’s present to stay.”
Keep speechmaking for much stars who person been unfastened astir their crab journeys...
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Colin Egglesfield
The All My Children alum announced successful January 2025 that helium had been diagnosed with prostate cancer, his 3rd crab diagnosis passim his life.
Despite the devastating news, helium announced (for the 3rd time) successful February 2025 helium was cancer-free pursuing palmy country and treatments.
“Remember, you’re not defined by immoderate of your challenges," helium wrote successful his February 2025 Instagram update. "You’re grander than it all. I’m not my fear, my anxiousness oregon my scars but I clasp it each due to the fact that the lone mode to alteration it is to ain it.”
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Gerry Turner
The erstwhile Golden Bachelor prima shared successful Dec. 2024 that helium had been diagnosed with Waldenström's macroglobulinemia, a bony cancer.
"Unfortunately, there's nary cure for it,” Gerry noted to People at the time. “So that weighs heavy successful each determination I make. It was similar 10 tons of factual were conscionable dropped connected me. And I was a spot successful denial for a while, I didn't privation to admit to it.”
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Jim Beaver
The actor, known for roles in The Boys and Supernatural, shared connected Feb. 3, 2023, that helium had battled prostate crab for years and was crab free.
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Ariana Madix
"I had to person a lil spot o'cancer removed from my assemblage and lymph nodes biopsied," the Vanderpump Rules prima revealed to fans astatine the adjacent of 2018. "(In the wide now!)"
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Marcia Cross
The Desperate Housewives prima revealed to fans successful September 2018 that she survived anal cancer. "After posting a representation of myself present and uttering the words #cancer and #hairloss, I consciousness liberated, deliriously escaped and wholly me," she shared connected Instagram.
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Dustin Hoffman
The two-time Oscar victor underwent palmy attraction for cancer, and his rep confirmed to E! News that doctors deemed Hoffman "surgically cured."
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Hugh Jackman
The X-Men prima was treated for his 3rd basal compartment carcinoma backmost successful 2014, and aft his 3rd treatment, Jackman's rep told E! News that he's "all good" now.
In April 2023, Hugh had 2 biopsies for further basal compartment carcinoma. At the time, helium told fans, "If I tin conscionable instrumentality this accidental to punctual you summertime is coming for those of america successful the bluish hemisphere, delight deterioration sunscreen."
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Camille Grammer
The erstwhile Real Housewives of Beverly Hills prima celebrated 1 twelvemonth of being cancer-free successful January. The parent of 2 was diagnosed with endometrial cancer backmost successful 2013 and underwent a extremist hysterectomy.
Then successful 2017, Camille had country to remove Squamous Cell Carcinoma, a benignant of tegument cancer.
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Cobie Smulders
The Avengers: Age of Ultron histrion battled ovarian cancer astatine the property of 25 and flooded likelihood erstwhile she welcomed 2 children with hubby Taran Killam.
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Dr. Drew Pinsky
TV big reveals helium underwent country for prostate cancer successful July 2013 and has since been fixed a cleanable measure of health.
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Brooke Burke
The Dancing with the Stars cohost underwent successful country for thyroid cancer. The parent of four tweeted, "Thx for each the twitter love. I'm [home] recovering & resting."
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Angie Everhart
"MY DR CALLED ME ON A SAT. MORNING TO TELL ME I AM CANCER FREE!!!!! #wootothemotherf--kinhoo," the histrion tweeted aft receiving the good news.
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Christina Applegate
The Up All Night star was declared "100-percent clear" of bosom crab aft attraction and a treble mastectomy.
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Michael C. Hall
The Dexter prima utilized a hiatus from his deed bid to slay Hodgkin's lymphoma.
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Michelle Monaghan
The Australian histrion revealed successful October 2011 that she had a cancerous mole removed from her calf aft her hubby encouraged her to get the suspicious-looking people checked out.
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Ewan McGregor
The Scot is trainspotting conscionable good these days aft having a cancerous mole removed from beneath his close eye.
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Sheryl Crow
The vocalist beat bosom cancer successful 2004 with a "minimally invasive" lumpectomy and radiation therapy.
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Michael Douglas
The Oscar victor declared successful aboriginal 2011 that his tumor was gone and helium had pharynx crab "beat."
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Edie Falco
The Emmy victor whacked bosom cancer successful 2004.
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Anderson Cooper
Surely the CNN seasoned wears his SPF erstwhile he's braving the elements present aft having a cancerous maturation removed from nether his near oculus successful 2008.
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Kylie Minogue
The Australian popular prima underwent palmy surgery for bosom crab successful 2005.
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Barry Watson
The 7th Heaven prima was diagnosed with Hodgkin's illness erstwhile helium was lone 28. He's 50 present and looking good!
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Maura Tierney
The ER fave had to wantonness her relation successful Parenthood to fight bosom cancer successful 2009—but her attraction was a occurrence and she was backmost connected the reddish carpet successful nary time.
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Sharon Osbourne
The America's Got Talent justice was diagnosed with colon crab portion shooting The Osbournes successful 2002 and utilized the accidental to accent the value of regular screenings portion attacking the #@%! with chemotherapy. She was declared cancer-free the pursuing year.
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Robert De Niro
The Oscar victor took prostate cancer down, down to Chinatown, successful 2003, and has been successful astir 400 movies since then.
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Robin Roberts
The Good Morning America cohost proudly flaunted her creaseless scalp portion undergoing chemotherapy to dainty bosom crab successful 2007.
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Lance Armstrong
The champion cyclist battled backmost from stage-four testicular crab earlier winning 7 consecutive Tour de France titles.
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Melissa Etheridge
The Grammy and Oscar victor became an inspiring activistic aft a lumpectomy and chemotherapy cleared her of bosom cancer successful 2005.
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Julia Sweeney
The erstwhile Saturday Night Live standout mined her bosom crab conflict for comedic worldly that turned into God Said Ha!, her palmy one-woman amusement that yet went to Broadway.
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Cynthia Nixon
The Sex and the City prima was diagnosed with bosom crab successful 2006, and aft country and radiation treatments, she was given the clear.
