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Drew Barrymore is giving a glimpse into her health.

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The talk show host shared that she had recently had a breast cancer "scare" after getting her annual mammogram , revealing what it was like to have to go through additional tests.

"This was the thing I wanted to risk talking about on this show because I recently had a scare," Barrymore explained on the Nov. 3 episode of " The Drew Barrymore Show ." "I'm completely fine, but I did get a bad mammogram and I got taken into that room."

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She added, "Then I had an emergency biopsy and I waited those five days."

Her guest Tig Notaro , who is a breast cancer survivor, not

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