--- title: Sandra Lee Diagnosed With Breast Cancer, Will Undergo Mastectomy description: Television chef Sandra Lee revealed on Tuesday that she had been diagnosed with breast cancer and will undergo a double mastectomy to ensure the growth is removed entirely. canonical: https://time.com/3855367/sandra-lee-breast-cancer/ author: Dan Kedmey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-05-12T14:21:38.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T07:07:38.681Z article:section: Health og:title: Sandra Lee Diagnosed With Breast Cancer, Will Undergo Mastectomy og:description: Television chef Sandra Lee revealed on Tuesday that she had been diagnosed with breast cancer and will undergo a double mastectomy to ensure the growth is removed entirely. og:url: https://time.com/3855367/sandra-lee-breast-cancer/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb0e7b463d671cc23/6987ef64428a9ee01accb603/sanda-lee.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Sandra Lee arrives at the 2015 Vanity Fair Oscar after party on Feb. 22, 2015 at The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills, Calif. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Sandra Lee Diagnosed With Breast Cancer, Will Undergo Mastectomy twitter:description: Television chef Sandra Lee revealed on Tuesday that she had been diagnosed with breast cancer and will undergo a double mastectomy to ensure the growth is removed entirely. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb0e7b463d671cc23/6987ef64428a9ee01accb603/sanda-lee.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # TV Chef Sandra Lee Diagnosed With Breast Cancer  by [Dan Kedmey](https://time.com/author/dan-kedmey/)  ## Dan Kedmey May 12, 2015 2:21 PM UTC  Sandra Lee arrives at the 2015 Vanity Fair Oscar after party on Feb. 22, 2015 at The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills, Calif. Sandra Lee arrives at the 2015 Vanity Fair Oscar after party on Feb. 22, 2015 at The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills, Calif.Splash News/Corbis  by [Dan Kedmey](https://time.com/author/dan-kedmey/)  ## Dan Kedmey May 12, 2015 2:21 PM UTC Television chef Sandra Lee revealed on Tuesday that she had been diagnosed with breast cancer and will undergo a double mastectomy to ensure the growth is removed entirely. “Life can turn on a dime,” Lee [said](http://www.people.com/article/sandra-lee-breast-cancer-double-mastectomy) in an interview with PEOPLE, shortly after announcing the diagnosis on Tuesday’s _Good Morning America_. She said she had begun documenting her treatment on video to raise awareness about early detection. Her longtime partner, New York governor Andrew Cuomo, wrote in a [statement](https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/statement-governor-andrew-m-cuomo-73) that he was “devastated” by the diagnosis, but praised Lee for her “determination, resolve and grace.” “While she has kept her illness private until now,” Cuomo wrote, “Sandy has bravely decided to speak openly about her illness in order to remind women of the potentially lifesaving power of early detection. I fully support her decision.” [Read more at _People.com_](http://www.people.com/article/sandra-lee-breast-cancer-double-mastectomy) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3855367/sandra-lee-breast-cancer/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3855367/sandra-lee-breast-cancer/"},"headline":"TV Chef Sandra Lee Diagnosed With Breast Cancer","datePublished":"2015-05-12T14:21:38.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T07:07:38.681Z","description":"New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, her partner of 10 years, said he was \"devastated\" by the news","url":"https://time.com/3855367/sandra-lee-breast-cancer/","keywords":["Cancer","celebrities"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb0e7b463d671cc23/6987ef64428a9ee01accb603/sanda-lee.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Dan Kedmey","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/dan-kedmey/"}],"articleSection":"Health","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb0e7b463d671cc23/6987ef64428a9ee01accb603/sanda-lee.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Sandra Lee arrives at the 2015 Vanity Fair Oscar after party on Feb. 22, 2015 at The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills, Calif.","caption":"Sandra Lee arrives at the 2015 Vanity Fair Oscar after party on Feb. 22, 2015 at The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills, Calif.","creditText":"Splash News/Corbis","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/health/","name":"Health"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/cancer/","name":"Cancer"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3855367/sandra-lee-breast-cancer/","name":"TV Chef Sandra Lee Diagnosed With Breast Cancer"}}]}] ```