Christina Applegate lashed out at new US mammography guidance.

The Tony award-winning actress joined a host of older celebs that include fellow survivors Olivia Newton-John, Jaclyn Smith and Melissa Etheridge in criticising the new guidance that raised the age of a woman’s first mammogram from 40 to 50 and cut annual screening.

Applegate, 38, had a double mastectomy following a 2008 diagnosis with breast cancer. She afterward said she was ‘100 percent clear’ of the cancer.

Applegate vowed to fight the guidelines which followed statistical research. She said: ‘Don’t even get me started. Look, I just started to sweat. I get a little angry. I don’t mind being outspoken about that. I think that is the most atrocious thing I’ve ever heard. I was 36 years old when I had breast cancer, and you’re going to have people wait until, like, they’re 50 to get screened? It irks my whole body.’

She added: ‘I’m telling you, it’s not going to happen. We women will fight that as much as we can.’

From Monsters and Critics

Christina Applegate has criticised new guidelines which suggest only older women should be screened for breast cancer.

Applegate was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2008 and later announced that she was “100% clear” of the disease after having a double mastectomy.

However, in an interview with Parade, Applegate revealed that she will “fight” the new breast exam guidelines.

“Don’t even get me started,” she said. “Look, I just started to sweat. I get a little angry. I don’t mind being outspoken about that. I think that is the most atrocious thing I’ve ever heard.

“I was 36 years old when I had breast cancer, and you’re going to have people wait until, like, they’re 50 to get screened? It irks my whole body.”

She added: “I’m telling you, it’s not going to happen. We women will fight that as much as we can.”

From Digital Spy

Christina is one of the 8 women that are going to be honored by Variety with the “Lifetime Impact” award. The luncheon will take place on September 24 in Los Angeles. Congratulations to Christina!

Christina Aguilera, Christina Applegate, Maria Bello, Anne Hathaway, January Jones, Sherry Lansing, Sigourney Weaver and Laura Ziskin will be feted Sept. 24 at Variety’s Power of Women luncheon at the Beverly Wilshire Four Seasons Hotel.

Variety’s Lifetime Impact Honorees were chosen because of the contributions they have made to philanthropic and charitable causes.

Jane Lynch will host the inaugural event, which runs in conjunction with Variety’s annual Women’s Impact Report, and in partnership with Lifetime and Lifetime Movie Network.

From Variety