5 inspiring quotes from celebrities about breast cancer

Checking your breasts regularly can help you understand what is ‘normal’ for you and make it easier to spot signs of breast cancer. Breast cancer is the most common type of cancer in the UK - around one in eight women are diagnosed with the disease during their lifetime.There is a good chance of recovery if it’s detected at an early stage, so people are being urged to check their breasts regularly for any changes.

An aggressive form of breast cancer has unusual symptoms most women fail to notice, researchers have suggested.

Olivia Newton-John, Kylie Minogue, Rita Wilson, Maggie Smith and Jennifer Saunders have joined a whole galaxy of stars who have shared their own personal experiences with breast cancer.EXCLUSIVE: Remembering Olivia Newton-John - Her family, Dolly Parton, Sir Cliff and more share memoriesNot only does it raise awareness but celebrities who choose to speak out about their own diagnosis can also help remove the stigma associated with cancer. In our Breast Cancer Awareness Month special, HELLO! spoke to Cancer Research UK about why celebrities telling their stories can make a difference...Information nurse at Cancer Research UK, Julia Frater, said: "It can have a huge impact when celebrities diagnosed with cancer choose to speak about their experiences publicly.

Olivia Newton-John gave her friend and country singer Kelly Lang the strength to "continue on".EXCLUSIVE: Remembering Olivia Newton-John - Her family, Dolly Parton, Sir Cliff and more share memoriesIntroduced through their mutual friend Sir Barry Gibb – they both had an instant bond as mothers, singers, writers and a shared connection to breast cancer that Olivia called thrivers. Kelly, a 17-year breast cancer thriver, had to put a "brave face" on when she was diagnosed with breast cancer at 36, with two young girls to look after.Now in our Breast Cancer Awareness Month special, the musician has lovingly talked about how her friend Olivia inspired her with her "big heart" and was like a "big sister" to her.She told HELLO!: "Having been a breast cancer patient myself, she gave me the strength to continue on.

Elizabeth Hurley has spoken from the heart about her "enormous sadness" over losing her grandmother to breast cancer.READ: Remembering Olivia Newton-John - Her family, Dolly Parton, Sir Cliff and more share emotional memoriesAs the Global Ambassador for The Estée Lauder Companies' Breast Cancer Campaign, the actress shared her expertise and knowledge with HELLO! for our Breast Cancer Awareness Month special. The mother-of-one revealed she is "so proud" of her campaigning efforts and hopes her grandmother would be too.Speaking openly about her own experiences with self-checking and mammograms, Elizabeth has an important message for women everywhere…Elizabeth: That my grandmother didn't talk about her diagnosis, is a source of enormous sadness to me – and I feel that if she'd been diagnosed today with what we know now, with the advances they've made in treatments, with diagnosis, with awareness, the way we talk about it, I feel it could just have been different for her.

Dannii Minogue has revealed Olivia Newton-John was the kindest celebrity she has ever met.EXCLUSIVE: Remembering Olivia Newton-John - Her family, Dolly Parton, Sir Cliff and more share memoriesThe Australian singer joins Dolly Parton, Sir Cliff Richard and more of the Grease star’s celebrity friends in paying tribute to the late star, exclusively with HELLO! Olivia died aged 73 at her Californian ranch on August 8, 30 years after her initial breast cancer diagnosis. In HELLO!’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month digital issue, we celebrate the legacy she leaves behind and speak to her friends. Putting her top of her kind list, Dannii gushed Olivia was "glowing, radiating warmth and love".She told HELLO!: "Olivia Newton-John, who I have met quite a few times, would be at the top of my kind list. It is such a sad time at the moment to have lost her, and I know a lot of her family members, and there's no one else that will walk into a room like Olivia.WATCH: Olivia Newton-John's best moments"It's literally like there was a light inside and she was glowing just with this radiating warmth and love. She just wanted everyone to be happy and to be kind to people and I've never seen anything like it."Olivia had enlisted Dannii on a special task, she asked her to help raise money to build a hospital which would become her legacy – the Olivia Newton-John Cancer, Wellness & Research hospital.A post shared by danniiminogue (@danniiminogue)It was a project that was close to Olivia's heart.

Former EastEnders actress Sam Womack has recently opened up about her breast cancer diagnosis.

Samantha Womack has offered fans an update after she revealed she has been diagnosed with breast cancer. The former EastEnders star shared her diagnosis in August following the death of Olivia Newton-John.

devastating death of her mom.Chloe Lattanzi — who has reportedly received around $550,000 worth of plastic surgery over the years — took to Instagram on Monday saying she is having her facial fillers dissolved and is considering having her breast implants removed due to the potential harm they could do to her body. The 36-year-old singer made the claim in an Instagram video, which has since expired, responding to trolls who questioned how she could promote the importance of organic diets while receiving cosmetic treatments, according to the Mirror.

Katie Couric is spreading breast cancer awareness.

Katie Couric has been diagnosed with breast cancer. The US TV star opened up about her health battle in a candid essay posted online in which she revealed she was given the diagnosis on 21 June - the day she was supposed to celebrate her eighth wedding anniversary with husband John Molner - and she later underwent a lumpectomy before starting radiotherapy treatment. The former 'Today' show host described the moment she was given the results of her mammogram, writing: "I felt sick and the room started to spin .

Oliva Newton-John's legacy is living on. The late actress' rep confirms to ET that on Wednesday, Sept.

Rachel Zegler is using her platform to raise awareness about breast cancer early detection. The 21-year-old actress took to her Instagram Stories over the weekend to detail a health scare she faced at only 19 years old and encourage others to take early detection seriously.«Two years ago I found a lump in my breast and went through what was undoubtedly the scariest week of my life,» she wrote over a photo of the scar she was left with after undergoing a procedure due to the scare.