Fischer, who played Pam Beesly on the show, shared her story on social media, saying she received treatment for Stage 1 Triple Positive breast cancer.
“October is breast cancer awareness month. I never thought I’d be making an announcement like this but here we are,” she said.
“Last December, I was diagnosed with Stage 1 Triple Positive Breast Cancer. After completing surgery, chemotherapy and radiation I am now cancer free.”
Fischer also shared a photo of herself with short hair because she “wanted a photo of myself in my patchy pixie looking happy and healthy to go along with this news”.
The actor said her cancer was found in a routine mammogram, and she received 12 rounds of weekly chemotherapy followed by three weeks of radiation.
“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 the aggressive nature of triple positive breast cancer it still required chemotherapy and radiation to be sure it didn’t return,” she said.
Fischer said she was making the announcement “for a few reasons”.
“One, I’m ready to ditch the wigs. Two, to implore you to get your annual mammograms,” she said.
Image: Instagram/@msjennafischer/The Office
