Christina Applegate, who is being treated for breast cancer, is scheduled to appear on a television special to raise money for cancer research next month.
A publicist for the actress says the disease was caught early, thanks to a doctor-ordered MRI and that Applegate
The 36-year-old has been nominated for an Emmy and a Golden Globe for the show "Samantha Who?", in which she plays a woman who wakes from a coma with no memory of who she is. She helped establish the Fox network in 1987 with her role as Kelly Bundy on "Married ... With Children."
Applegate's mother is a breast cancer survivor.
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