United Kingdom, Feb. 19 -- Christy Carlson Romano has received a worrying result in a cancer screening after James Van Der Beek inspired her to get tested.

The Even Stevens star, 41, has revealed she went for a check-up along with her husband Brendan Rooney following the loss of the Dawson's Creek star, who died on February 11 aged 48 after a battle with colorectal cancer, and she's now facing an anxious wait for a scan after a concerning test result.

In a video posted on Instagram, Christy explained: "I took this cancer screening. Both my parents had cancer. My mom beat it. My dad eventually didn't ... I got the results back ...

"My husband's came back completely negative. Mine did not come back negative. So basically what that means ...