Snooki reveals Stage 1 cervical cancer diagnosis and schedules PET scan
Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi, 38, said she was diagnosed with Stage 1 cervical cancer after a cone biopsy and urged women to get their Pap smears; snooki shared the news in a video she posted following a post-op appointment. She described the result as an adenocarcinoma that doctors removed during the cone biopsy and said she is arranging further testing and surgery.
Snooki details biopsy results and the immediate findings
Polizzi told viewers in a nearly eight-minute video that the cone biopsy removed the tumor and that tissue around the removed area tested clear, a detail she highlighted after a post-op appointment on Feb. 20, 2026. She said the diagnosis was a Stage 1 cervical cancer called adenocarcinoma and added, "Thank freaking God!" when explaining that clinicians caught it early enough for curative options.
PET scan next, then surgery after oncologist meeting
Polizzi said she has a PET scan scheduled next to determine whether the cancer has spread, and that her oncologist presented three options: chemotherapy, radiation or a hysterectomy. She said she plans to have a hysterectomy and that doctors will keep her ovaries, a detail she described while weighing next steps and awaiting the PET scan results.
Screening message and earlier tests
Polizzi said she had been struggling with abnormal Pap smears "for three or four years" and first flagged abnormal results after a colposcopy and biopsy she mentioned in a Jan. 20 TikTok. She used her announcement to urge women to get routine Pap smears and to not delay follow-up care, pointing to her own experience as an example of why screening mattered at age 38.
What she removed and what she plans to do next
Following the cone biopsy that removed the visible cancer, Polizzi said surrounding tissue showed no cancer cells, which clinicians described as a positive sign for the extent of disease. She said 2026 had not unfolded as she expected, but that she intends to complete the PET scan and then proceed with the hysterectomy outlined by her oncologist.
Polizzi first spoke publicly about abnormal cervical findings in a Jan. 20 TikTok, then posted the follow-up video after her Feb. 20 post-op appointment; she said she will move forward with the PET scan and surgical plan once that imaging clarifies whether cancer remains elsewhere.
