Busy Philipps shares brain tumor update after surgery

As Busy Philipps continues to face health challenges, she is celebrating the progress she's made following a rare brain tumor diagnosis.

The "Cougar Town" star, 47, shared in a Sept. 8 video posted on Instagram that a recent MRI showed "no sign of the tumor" recurring, six months after she had a 2.6-centimeter mass surgically removed from her brain.

The MRI did, however, reveal that Philipps had a sinus infection.

"Those sinuses have been out to get me since day one. … It looks painful [and] it is painful," she said, noting she'd previously undergone sinus surgery in 2018. "I don't know what the hell is going on, but no tumor! So I guess I'll take a sinus infection over a brain tumor any day."

In an interview with People magazine published Aug. 26, Philipps revealed she'd incidentally discovered the lesion on her frontal lobe in February following a Prenuvo scan – a full-body MRI billed as "proactive screening" that is not covered by insurance and costs between $1,200 to $4,000 through an annual membership.

After a follow-up MRI that focused on the abnormality, a neurologist informed her that the tumor has "got to come out," she explained. On March…

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