Sara Sidner to Undergo Double Mastectomy Amid Breast Cancer Battle [Video]

CNN anchor Sara Sidner is set to undergo a double mastectomy. 

Sidner, 51, told viewers on Tuesday that she will have the surgery on Wednesday and will be away for the next few weeks to recover. Despite her breast cancer battle, Sidner has upheld her network duties all year.

“What I have learned so far in my cancer journey is treating it is more of a marathon than a sprint,” Sidner shared on CNN. “After five months of chemo, I have not yet become cancer free. The next phase is a double mastectomy.”

Sidner did not specify when she would return to the CNN anchor desk. But co-anchor Kate Bolduan noted, “We cannot wait for you to get back.” Sidner, Bolduan and John Berman have co-anchored CNN News Central since April 2023.

“A 2016 study found that the 10-year survival rate for a bilateral mastectomy is 90.3 percent,” Sidner noted. “I like those odds, so I am …