--- description: Says husband Tom Hanks was by her side title: Rita Wilson Has Breast Cancer, Got a Double Mastectomy image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0f7feb51b5af6120/6987eaee0b72e37c2d6e1767/469815059.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [celebrities](/tag/celebrities/) ## celebrities Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Rita Wilson Undergoes Double Mastectomy After Breast Cancer Diagnosis  by [Charlotte Alter](/author/charlotte-alter/)  ## Charlotte Alter Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Senior Correspondent Apr 14, 2015 1:18 PM CUT  Rita Wilson attends the EE British Academy Film Awards 2014 at The Royal Opera House on February 16, 2014 in London, England. (Mike Marsland--WireImage) Rita Wilson attends the EE British Academy Film Awards 2014 at The Royal Opera House on February 16, 2014 in London, England. (Mike Marsland--WireImage)Mike Marsland—WireImage  by [Charlotte Alter](/author/charlotte-alter/)  ## Charlotte Alter Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Senior Correspondent Apr 14, 2015 1:18 PM CUT Rita Wilson [announced Tuesday](http://www.people.com/article/rita-wilson-breast-cancer-double-mastectomy-reconstruction "undefined") that she has been diagnosed with breast cancer, and has undergone a double mastectomy and reconstructive surgery in order to fight the disease. The actress revealed her diagnosis and treatment in a statement to _People_, and said the prognosis is good. “I am recovering and most importantly, expected to make a full recovery,” she said. “Why? Because I caught this early, have excellent doctors and because I got a second opinion.” Wilson has recently appeared on _Girls_ and _The Good Wife_ and recently took a leave from the play _A Fish in the Dark_ because of her health. Wilson said that her husband Tom Hanks was “by my side” through it all. [Read more at _People.com_](http://www.people.com/article/rita-wilson-breast-cancer-double-mastectomy-reconstruction "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3820924/rita-wilson-mastectomy-breast-cancer/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3820924/rita-wilson-mastectomy-breast-cancer/"},"headline":"Rita Wilson Undergoes Double Mastectomy After Breast Cancer Diagnosis","datePublished":"2015-04-14T13:18:29.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T06:22:50.135Z","description":"Says husband Tom Hanks was by her side","url":"https://time.com/3820924/rita-wilson-mastectomy-breast-cancer/","keywords":["celebrities","Cancer","Breast Cancer","Tom Hanks"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0f7feb51b5af6120/6987eaee0b72e37c2d6e1767/469815059.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Charlotte Alter","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0f7feb51b5af6120/6987eaee0b72e37c2d6e1767/469815059.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"EE British Academy Film Awards 2014 - Red Carpet Arrivals","caption":"EE British Academy Film Awards 2014 - Red Carpet Arrivals","creditText":"Mike Marsland—WireImage","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/celebrities/","name":"celebrities"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3820924/rita-wilson-mastectomy-breast-cancer/","name":"Rita Wilson Undergoes Double Mastectomy After Breast Cancer Diagnosis"}}]}] ```