Beloved Star of “The Office” Reveals Aggressive Cancer Diagnosis

Jenna Fischer, who played the beloved character of Pam on “The Office” from 2005 until the show’s ending in 2013, made a major announcement on Tuesday in honor of breast cancer awareness month — after nearly a full year of cancer treatment, she is now cancer free!

‘The Office’ actress Jenna Fischer announces she was diagnosed with breast cancer last December.

She is now cancer-free after completing surgery, chemotherapy and radiation. pic.twitter.com/DzWsGPlkhZ

— Pop Base (@PopBase) October 8, 2024

Fischer posted the news to her Instagram account on Tuesday with the following message:

October is breast cancer awareness month. I never thought I’d be making an announcement like this but here we are. Last December, I was diagnosed with Stage 1 Triple Positive Breast Cancer. After completing surgery, chemotherapy and radiation I am now cancer free.

I wanted a photo of myself in my patchy pixie looking happy and healthy to go along with this news. A big thank you to Angela Kinsey’s husband Josh Snyder for taking this photo. It’s just one example of the care they showed me during this journey.

 

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'The Office's Jenna Fischer secretly battled breast cancer, is now 'cancer free' https://t.co/5apwALAwYT

— Fox News (@FoxNews) October 8, 2024

According to a Fox News article, Fischer has been battling a very aggressive form of breast cancer after having a mammogram back in October of 2023.

“I never thought I’d be making an announcement like this but here we are,” she wrote on social media. “Last December, I was diagnosed with Stage 1 Triple Positive Breast Cancer. After completing surgery, chemotherapy and radiation I am now cancer free.”

Fischer shared a series of slides detailing her experience, beginning in October 2023 when she posted a photo on Instagram “preparing for my routine mammogram with a joking reminder to ‘take care of your ticking time bags’ a la Michael Scott.”

The mammogram results came back inconclusive, and her doctor ordered a breast ultrasound, which detected something on her left breast, she wrote. A biopsy was then ordered, and on Dec. 1, 2023, Fischer received her diagnosis.

“Triple positive breast cancer is an aggressive form of breast cancer but it is also highly responsive to treatment,” Fischer wrote. “In January, I had a lumpectomy to remove the tumor. Luckily my cancer was caught early and it hadn’t spread into my lymph nodes or throughout the rest of my body, however because of aggressive nature of triple positive cancer it still required chemotherapy and radiation to be sure it didn’t return.”

Jenna Fischer says she was diagnosed with breast cancer.

She is now cancer-free after completing 12 rounds of weekly chemotherapy, 3 weeks of radiation & surgery.

“Get your annual mammograms. You can also ask your doctor to calculate your Breast Cancer Risk Assessment Score” pic.twitter.com/rMk3IqySWn

— DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) October 8, 2024

The details of Fischer’s battle are covered in a CNN piece celebrating her cancer-free diagnosis:

Fischer, 50, detailed her cancer journey on her Instagram page on Tuesday, writing that she was diagnosed with stage I triple-positive breast cancer – an aggressive form of breast cancer fueled by the estrogen and progesterone hormones and the HER2 protein, according to the American Cancer Society – last year after going in for a routine mammogram.

To treat her cancer, she had a lumpectomy “to remove the tumor,” radiation, infusions and chemotherapy, which she wrote caused her to lose her hair.

“I’m happy to say that I was recently re-screened, and the treatments worked. I am cancer free,” Fischer wrote. “I will continue to be treated and monitored to help me stay that way.”

Fischer decided to make her announcement this week to “implore” her followers to get their annual mammograms, writing that her tumor “was so small it could not be felt on a physical exam.”

“As anyone who has had a cancer diagnosis knows, your life changes immediately. It becomes all about doctor appointments, test results, treatments and recovering from treatments,” she wrote. “It takes a village to fight cancer, and I have had an amazing village.”

Thank goodness! Love Jenna Fischer

In all fairness. Michael tried to warn her! https://t.co/WtgvuD1Bel pic.twitter.com/iCmvZxJW6D

— DaLegacy23 (@DaLegacy23) October 8, 2024

In all fairness, Michael did try to warn her.  And in all seriousness, I’m really thankful for her good news.  My own Grandmother faced cancer three times in her life, and won all three times.  Here’s to Jenna Fischer making it to the ripe old age of “Grandma”!  (She’s currently 50, but don’t tell her I told you).  All the best to you, Jenna.  Thanks for all the laughs, and I hope you make it another 50 years — cancer free!