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Published on: 10/11/2009
Last Visited: 11/3/2009
By Millie Acebal Rousseau
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In 2005, at age 34, López was shocked to receive a breast cancer diagnosis after she discovered a suspicious bump on her breast.
She admits she didn't know what to make of the lump at first, and figured it was related to her monthly cycle.
Her doctor agreed, but when it didn't go away and remained painful, she went in for follow-up.
Tests revealed it was, indeed, cancer.
López, who has been acting since the age of 7 when she landed a part as the daughter of Puerto Rican actress Iris Chacón in the telenovela Yo Se Que Mentía, approached the situation as she does everything in life.
As if she was preparing for a role, she studied everything she could about cancer and treatments as she sought comfort from others who had gone through the same thing.
"I was always positive, with an excellent attitude ... about treatment, the operation ... whatever it took to live, to move forward," she recalls.