Applegate braves family plans
Cancer survivor Christina Applegate has revealed she intends to have a family as soon as possible.
The 36-year-old Samantha Who? television programme actress underwent a double mastectomy earlier this year after she discovered she had breast cancer.
Now she understands she also runs the risk of developing ovarian cancer, she has decided she wants to start a family soon.
The ovarian cancer threat is down to a gene she carries that increases her chances of developing it.
Applegate - who some reports suggest is dating musician Martyn Lenoble - first plans to begin reconstructive surgery.
She said: "I still have quite a process until this is done. Yes, it's hard. It sucks. But I'm not a victim."
Applegate has returned to work to film the second series of Samantha Who? but admitted she has to take care of herself.
"It's good to be back … If I feel tired, I'll ask for the time that I need."
A fact that may interest women with Well Woman cancer health insurance is that around one in 20 ovarian cancers are caused by an inherited faulty gene. 
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