Celebrities who have battled breast cancer

Slideshow posted in Photos | Friday, September 23, 2011

3 of 15: Giuliana Rancic, an E! News personality, said on NBC's 'Today' show on Oct. 17, 2011 that she had been diagnosed with breast cancer, adding that the disease was in its early stages. She said it was discovered during a mammogram she had undergone while she was going through a third round of IVF treatments to try to get pregnant. Rancic said she planned to have surgery and also undergo about six weeks of radiation therapy.

'Thank you for all ur love and support today,' her husband, Bill Rancic, Tweeted that day. 'G is reading all your messages. She will win this fight, I PROMISE, and be back better than ever!'

(Pictured: Giuliana Rancic appears in a promotional photo from 2011 for 'Giuliana and Bill.') (NBC)

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