United Kingdom, March 21 -- Amanda Peet was diagnosed with breast cancer as her divorced parents were dying in hospice care in 2025.

The 54-year-old actress opened up about her breast cancer journey in an essay for The New Yorker.

Amanda wrote: "For many years, I've been told that I have 'dense' and 'busy' breasts - not as a compliment but as a warning that they require extra monitoring. I had been seeing a breast surgeon every six months for checkups."

In August 2025, the Whole Nine Yards star visited her doctor "for what I thought would be a routine scan".

Amanda continued: "Dr K usually chatted me up while she examined me, but this time she went silent.

"She told me that she didn't like the way something looked on the ultrasound a...