After the procedure, her tests and scans came back clear. The actress shared that she had first learned of the news in January, after a number of tests revealed she has leptomeningeal carcinomatosis.
At the time, her doctor had given her three months to live. Here I am. The three months [prognosis] didn't prove to be correct. In January , Valerie Harper received grim news after battling lung cancer several years earlier.
She also would go on to work on other TV and film projects. Harper, 79, has continued to hang in there.
Her matriarch character was killed off after Harper exited the show. Four years later, she was told she had leptomeningeal carcinomatosis — a condition that occurs when cancer cells spread into the fluid-filled membrane surrounding the brain, known as the meninges.
The American Cancer Society describes hospice care as "a special kind of care that focuses on the quality of life for people and their caregivers who are experiencing an advanced, life-limiting illness. A person is usually transferred to hospice care when his or her disease gets to the point when treatment can no longer cure or control it.
In general, hospice care begins when a person is expected to live about six months or less if the illness runs its usual course. Cacciotti, who married Harper in , thanked two of Harper's other caregivers in his emotional post. About CURE. About Advertise Contact TargetedOnc. Remembering the Life and Legacy of Valerie Harper. September 5, Katie Kosko. Related Content: Lung Cancer.
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