National Cancer Survivors Day: 5 Indian Celebrities who battled Cancer and recovered

Team Udayavani, Jun 7, 2020, 5:02 PM IST

Cancer Survivor’s Day is observed on the first Sunday of June to commemorate those who have bravely fought and survived this deadly disease

A lot of Indian celebrities have successfully fought cancer. Here’s a list 5 celebrities:

Sonali Bendre

The Bollywood actress was diagnosed with metastatic cancer in 2018. She went to US for treatment for five months. Sonali took to twitter in an emotional post.

Manisha Koirala

Manisha had been diagnosed with ovarian cancer and underwent surgery on 10th December. The surgery was successful.

Yuvraj Singh

Yuvraj Singh was diagnosed with a cancerous tumour in his left lung (stage 1) and underwent chemotherapy in the USA.

Lisa Ray

Indian-born actress was diagnosed with multiple Myeloma which is another type of blood cancer. She kept herself away from any kind of media attention and fought her illness for over a year coming out victorious.

Tahira Kashyap

Filmmaker and writer Tahira Kashyap was diagnosed with pre-invasive breast cancer for which she underwent a mastectomy procedure to surgically remove her affected breast.