Alicia Witt Went Through Cancer Treatment & A Mastectomy After Her Parents’ Passing

Alicia Witt is sharing some personal news on social media and revealed that she underwent a mastectomy.

The 46-year-old actress, who has starred in several Hallmark movies and Orange is the New Black, shared the news that she had started chemotherapy for breast cancer at the same time that the news of her parents’ death became national news.

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Alicia posted a video of her ringing the bell after undergoing her final chemotherapy treatment on Instagram, and shared her story with fans.

“Just a little over 2 months ago, I had my last round of chemical therapy prior to my mastectomy. my beloved, brilliant, collaborative, communicative doctor, @habibdoss at @tnoncology, was there to celebrate with us as i rang the bell!” she started. “Although we didn’t yet know for absolute certain until after the mastectomy that the disease was completely healed from my left breast, this marked the end of my carboplatin/taxotere, + herceptin/perjeta (the latter two are immunotherapies which will continue, per protocol for HER2+, through the end of this year).”

Alicia went on, singing praises of the nurses, physicians and friends who helped her through the process.

“I’m so grateful to all those along the way during treatment who honored me by protecting my privacy during these months 🙏🏻 and grateful to help share that these caps can truly play a huge role in allowing a patient to reveal her journey on her own time, when she is ready,” Alicia wrote. “For me, this was such a needed part of my healing – particularly given the horribly public tragedy that had happened in our family just as i was beginning my treatments.”

Alicia‘s parents, Diane and Robert Witt, were found deceased in their home in December of 2021. Learn more about the incident here.

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