“Dexter” star Michael C. Hall is fully recovered from his bout of Hodgkin’s lymphoma, according to his wife. Jennifer Carpenter, who plays Dexter’s sister (gross!) on the Showtime series, said that Hall has returned to work, if you can call acting “work.”

Carpenter said Friday that Hall was “incredibly brave” when he announced in January that he was undergoing treatment for Hodgkin’s lymphoma, a cancer that attacks the lymph nodes.

The 38-year-old Hall went into remission and continued treatment at a health facility near Los Angeles. [AP]

That’s certainly good news for Hall and everyone who enjoys “Dexter.” It’s bad news for people who are sensitive about cancer jokes, though, because I have a tendency to make fun of how bad lymphoma is at killing people. It’s the minor leagues of cancer. Then someone always gets upset — “My mom died of lymphoma, jerk!” — as if it’s my fault his mother had lousy white blood cells. Excuuuuuuse me.

Here’s the trailer for Showtime’s “The Big C” (previously called “The C Word”) starring Laura Linney as a teacher who gets cancer, Oliver Platt as her husband, and Precious star Gabourey Sidibe as her grotesquely obese student likely to get diabetes any day now. Here’s an awesome exchange:

Linney: You can’t be fat AND mean, Andrea.
Sidibe: What?
Linney: You can be fat and jolly, or a skinny bitch. It’s up to you.

Ordinarily, I hate anything labeled as a “dramedy” out of principle, but this looks like it might be okay. I almost always like Linney and Platt, but what I find especially heartening is that it’s a show that isn’t all “boo-hoo-hoo, someone has cancer so no one’s allowed to laugh.” I mean, come on, people: it’s just a deadly disease. Everyone’s gotta die of something; why take any other cause more seriously than another? So yeah: light-hearted approach to cancer + fat jokes = I’ll probably watch.

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Last week, the ABC affiliate in Washington, D.C. ran a two-part special on breast cancer that featured women giving themselves breast exams. And they showed it ALL, baby. Aw yeah. That’s a sexy search for cancer. However, the “important public service” angle was smeared by the “airing during sweeps” angle:

The Parents Television Council reacted cautiously to news of the series but suggested it saw the potential for problems.

“We hope that WJLA-TV is not using a crucial public health issue as a ratings stunt, and that the station has fully considered what is appropriate to tell this important story to the public in the most suitable manner possible,” the group said in a statement. [Yahoo]

The video above is the “Good Morning America” segment on the story, and it’s boring as hell. But the good news is that the original report is here, both informative and not safe for work. I found it extremely enlightening, and even though Breast Cancer Awareness Month is now over, women should remember to conduct monthly breast exams. Particularly in the shower. Preferably with my hands.

Here is a picture of Alyson Hannigan touching Emily Deschanel’s breast during a slumber party as Minka Kelly watches. That’s not just the beginning to my next fan fiction story, it’s also a real thing that happens during a Funny or Die video (watch below). The skit also includes Jaime King and sexy “American Idol” contestant turned actress Katharine McPhee and promotes breast exams as part of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. By posting this video, I’m doing my own little small part to protect our nation’s greatest resource. No, no, I’m not a hero. Just a man with a blog who loves tits.

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Legendary sex symbol Farrah Fawcett — who will only be pictorially depicted here as Hot Farrah, never as Crazy Farrah or Cancer Farrah — continues to struggle with cancer of the ass, her troubled son Redmond O’Neal admitted in a recent court hearing.  Drug-addicted Redmond O’Neal, 24, cited his mother’s illness as a reason he wanted to get clean.

“I want to be there for my mother,” O’Neal said in a barely audible voice, referring to Fawcett. “She weighs about 86 pounds. I’m upset with myself. My timing sucks.”

Man, I haven’t weighed 86 pounds since I was a junior in high school.  I was a sickly child.  A bit of a late bloomer.

O’Neal has battled drug addiction for years. Several weeks ago he was kicked out of rehab after testing positive for methamphetamine and when traces of heroin were found in his room, prosecutors said.

O’Neal’s right: this is horrible timing.  When your family members get cancer, it just totally messes up your getting-high-on-meth schedule.