Actress Christina Applegate reportedly is undergoing treatment for breast cancer, a rep for the star confirmed to Access Hollywood. In a statement released late Saturday night, her publicist said: "Christina Applegate was diagnosed with an early form of breast cancer. Benefiting from early detection through a doctor ordered MRI, the cancer is not life threatening. Christina is following the recommended treatment of her doctors and will have a full recovery."
Applegate plays Samantha on the hit comedy series, "Samantha Who?", about a woman who wakes up from an 8-day coma and can't remember anything about her past.
The actress also appeared as the ditzy teenager Kelly Bundy on the raunchy comedy "Married ... with Children."
"I'm really grateful that acting is the job that was chosen for me," Applegate told The Associated Press in April. "I get really lost when I'm not working. I don't know what I'm supposed to do with myself. Thank God for dance class and The New York Times crossword puzzle and `American Idol.' But acting is what I really have to do."
Applegate is among the celebrities scheduled to appear on the "Stand Up To Cancer" one-hour television special to be aired on ABC, CBS and NBC on Sept. 5 to raise funds for cancer research.
