'Boy Meets World' alum Danielle Fishel shares breast cancer diagnosis: 'I'm going to be fine'

"Boy Meets World" alum Danielle Fishel is opening up astir her bosom crab diagnosis.

The 43-year-old actress, who played Topanga Lawrence connected the beloved coming-of-age sitcom, revealed the quality connected the Aug. 19 occurrence of "Pod Meets World," the podcast she hosts with chap "Boy Meets World" co-stars Rider Strong and Will Friedle.

"So, I would similar to stock thing with our listeners, thing that Rider and Will were really 2 of the archetypal radical I told the quality to," Fishel said astatine the apical of the episode. "I was precocious diagnosed with DCIS, which stands for ductal carcinoma successful situ, which is simply a signifier of bosom cancer."

"It is very, very, precise early. It's technically signifier 0," she continued. "To beryllium specific, conscionable due to the fact that I similar excessively overmuch accusation each the time, I was diagnosed with high-grade DCIS with microinvasion."

According to the American Cancer Society, ductal carcinoma successful situ, oregon DCIS, is simply a non-invasive oregon pre-invasive bosom crab which is besides referred to arsenic intraductal carcinoma oregon signifier 0 bosom cancer. About 1 successful 5 caller bosom cancers volition beryllium DCIS and astir each women with DCIS tin beryllium cured, the enactment states.

The high-grade quality of Fishel's DCIS diagnosis, according to the National Cancer Institute, means the DCIS tends to turn much rapidly than different versions and is much apt to travel backmost oregon go invasive bosom crab and dispersed to different tissues than different grades.

The microinvasion facet of Fishel's DCIS diagnosis means that, according to the National Institute of Health, it is little than oregon adjacent to 1 millimeter successful size.

"I'm going to beryllium fine. I'm having country to region it," Fishel reassured listeners. "I'm going to beryllium connected immoderate follow-up treatment. I've had to marque a batch of decisions implicit the past mates of days."

Fishel said she shared the quality successful the hopes it would motivate others to get checked -- and get checked regularly.

"The lone crushed I caught this crab erstwhile it is inactive signifier 0 is due to the fact that the time I got my substance connection that my yearly mammogram had travel up, I made the appointment," she explained. "They recovered it so, so, truthful aboriginal that I'm going to beryllium fine. And so, I privation to stock this due to the fact that I anticipation that it volition promote anyone to get successful there. If it's clip for your appointment, if you've ne'er had an assignment before, get successful there."

Fishel, who admitted she inactive has "some large decisions ahead" regarding attraction and doesn't person each the answers yet, added, "If you person to find retired you person cancer, find retired erstwhile it's astatine signifier 0, if possible."

Strong and Friedle offered words of encouragement and enactment to their erstwhile former castmate and co-host.

Fishel shares sons Adler and Keaton with hubby Jensen Karp.