{"id":32920,"date":"2026-08-08T17:53:44","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T12:53:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=32920"},"modified":"2026-08-08T17:53:44","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T12:53:44","slug":"cnn-anchor-sara-sidner-reveals-harrowing-false-stage-4-cancer-scare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=32920","title":{"rendered":"CNN Anchor Sara Sidner Reveals Harrowing False Stage 4 Cancer Scare"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/cnn\/\" id=\"auto-tag_cnn\" data-tag=\"cnn\">CNN<\/a>\u2018s <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/sara-sidner\/\" id=\"auto-tag_sara-sidner\" data-tag=\"sara-sidner\">Sara Sidner<\/a>, who first revealed a stage 3 breast cancer diagnoses two years ago and has occasionally provided updates with her audience since, is now sharing a harrowing experience that had the anchor struggling through \u201c15 days of torture\u201d under the mistaken notion that her cancer had advanced to an incurable stage 4.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Directly addressing viewers during her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/08\/07\/us\/video\/sara-sidner-gives-update-on-her-cancer-treatment-journey-cnc\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">CNN News Central segment <\/a>Friday, a somber Sidner began, \u201cI want to share this update with you, about me. During these past few weeks i thought that cancer had spread all over my body.\u201d She then went on to describe how a recent PET scan \u201clit up like a Christmas tree.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt indicated I was likely metastatic,\u201d she continued. \u201cStage 4 cancer, incurable. It appeared to have spread to my hip, my spine, my liver, my lungs. I was inconsolable at the time. I immediately, as one does, looked up how long do I have to live. The number came back: Less than five years. That is the median overall survival time for stage 4 breast cancer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sidner was, understandably, gobsmacked. \u201cIt knocked the breath out of me, as you might imagine,\u201d she said. \u201cThen I cried. My husband cried with me. My mother was stunned and scared, but surprisingly hopeful, bless her.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The PET scan was followed by a biopsy in which doctors, Sidner said, \u201cstick needles in a few areas to try to get a sample of your body to test it. Fifteen days of torture later, waiting for results, they came back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She received the good news \u2013 the biopsy results were negative \u2013 via email while she was in the CNN studio.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cLike a moth to a flame,\u201d she said, \u201cI had to open it. \u2018Negative,\u2019 it said. I uncharacteristically grabbed [co-anchor] John Berman\u2019s hand in the cubby hole where we work side by side. \u2018Negative,\u2019 I croaked. A lump of tears was in my throat.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sidner said that her doctor explained that \u201cbiopsy beats scan\u201d in diagnosing cancer. \u201cI had a deep, guttural sigh of relief,\u201d she said, adding that a molecular cancer blood test confirmed the negative result.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sidner also shared the advice given to her by co-anchor Berman after she told him the good news. Saying she shouldn\u2019t \u201cdo what you always do, which is to look for the next worst thing that\u2019s gonna happen down the road,\u201d Berman told Sidner: \u201cJust celebrate the win.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CNN\u2018s Sara Sidner, who first revealed a stage 3 breast cancer diagnoses two years ago and has occasionally provided updates with her audience since, is now sharing a harrowing experience that had the anchor struggling through \u201c15 days of torture\u201d under the mistaken notion that her cancer had advanced to an incurable stage 4. 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