Cynthia Nixon's breast cancer admission

By M&C People Apr 16, 2008, 2:13 GMT

Cynthia Nixon - © Lee Roth / RothStock / PR Photos

Like Samantha in the HBO series “Sex and The City,” star Cynthia Nixon, who played Miranda, has revealed that she was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2006.

“Good Morning America” was the platform that Nixon made her announcement on Tuesday.

The 42-year-old actress said it was something she had always wanted to keep under wraps . “I didn’t want to make it public while I was going through it,” Nixon said. “I didn’t want paparazzi at the hospital and things like that.”

Her annual mammogram revealed the lump.

“I go for my completely routine mammogram and then I get a call from my gynecologist and she says, ‘Well I have some, it’s not such great news,’” Nixon revealed.

After the lump was removed she was treated with radiation therapy.

“I felt scared. Even though I felt scared and I thought, ‘Oh I don’t want this to be happening,’ I was very cognizant of if it’s going to happen, this is the best way for it to happen — that it’s found so early and we can just get right on it,” Nixon added.

Nixon discussed her relationship with her partner and their kids.

“We made a big point of talking to my kids about it,” Nixon said. “I basically told them they found some cancer in my right breast. It’s very small and it’s very early. I’m going to have an operation, they’re going to take it out and then we’re going to have six-and-a-half weeks of radiation, every weekday. This is what grandma went through and I’m going to be fine.”