Danielle Fishel, who played Topanga Lawrence on ‘Boy Meets World,’ shares breast cancer diagnosis

“Boy Meets World” alum Danielle Fishel is opening up about her breast most cancers prognosis.

The 43-year-old actress, who performed Topanga Lawrence on the beloved coming-of-age sitcom, revealed the information on the Aug. 19 episode of “Pod Meets World,” the podcast she hosts with fellow “Boy Meets World” co-stars Rider Robust and Will Friedle.

“So, I want to share one thing with our listeners, one thing that Rider and Will have been really two of the primary folks I instructed the information to,” Fishel mentioned on the prime of the episode. “I used to be not too long ago identified with DCIS, which stands for ductal carcinoma in situ, which is a type of breast most cancers.”

“It is extremely, very, very early. It is technically stage 0,” she continued. “To be particular, simply because I like an excessive amount of info on a regular basis, I used to be identified with high-grade DCIS with microinvasion.”

In line with the American Most cancers Society, ductal carcinoma in situ, or DCIS, is a non-invasive or pre-invasive breast most cancers which can be known as intraductal carcinoma or stage 0 breast most cancers. About 1 in 5 new breast cancers can be DCIS and practically all ladies with DCIS could be cured, the group states.

The high-grade nature of Fishel’s DCIS prognosis, in line with the Nationwide Most cancers Institute, means the DCIS tends to develop extra rapidly than different variations and is extra prone to come again or turn out to be invasive breast most cancers and unfold to different tissues than different grades.

The microinvasion side of Fishel’s DCIS prognosis signifies that, in line with the Nationwide Institute of Well being, it’s lower than or equal to 1 millimeter in dimension.

“I’ll be effective. I am having surgical procedure to take away it,” Fishel reassured listeners. “I’ll be on some follow-up therapy. I’ve needed to make lots of choices during the last couple of days.”

Fishel mentioned she shared the information within the hopes it will encourage others to get checked — and get checked repeatedly.

“The one motive I caught this most cancers when it’s nonetheless stage 0 is as a result of the day I bought my textual content message that my yearly mammogram had come up, I made the appointment,” she defined. “They discovered it so, so, so early that I’ll be effective. And so, I wish to share this as a result of I hope that it’ll encourage anybody to get in there. If it is time on your appointment, should you’ve by no means had an appointment earlier than, get in there.”

Fishel, who admitted she nonetheless has “some massive choices forward” concerning therapy and does not have all of the solutions but, added, “If it’s a must to discover out you will have most cancers, discover out when it is at stage 0, if attainable.”

Robust and Friedle supplied phrases of encouragement and assist to their former former castmate and co-host.

Fishel shares sons Adler and Keaton with husband Jensen Karp.