Griffin, 60, made the announcement Monday on social media in a note to her fans.
She's won two Emmy Awards, one in 2007 and another in 2008, for her popular reality series "Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List." In 2013, she won a Grammy for her live comedy album "Calm Down Gurl.".
"Whether I like it or not, I think I'm a resilient survivor," Griffin told ABC's "Nightline." She described the shock she felt hearing her cancer diagnosis.In her post on Monday, Griffin appeared to reference the fallout after her viral photoshoot where she held a mask of former President Donald Trump that dripped with fake blood.After she was criticized on social media, Griffin apologized, but the damage was done
In 2019, Griffin said the image was meant to be political satire and said she would do it again because of the lessons learned