It Ends With Us creator Colleen Hoover is opening up about being recognized with most cancers.
“Second to final day of radiation!” Hoover, 46, wrote over {a photograph} of herself in a hospital robe shared to her Instagram Tales on Monday, January 12. She famous that she was present process radiation remedy at Texas Oncology.
She added, “I want I might blame my hair and facial expressions on @texas.oncology, however they’ve been fairly nice. Hope you by no means want them, however extremely suggest them.”
Hoover has not publicly revealed what kind of most cancers she is battling however has shared updates on her prognosis in latest months.
Again in December 2025, Hoover introduced by way of her Fb web page that she had been recognized with an unspecified type of most cancers, per a screenshot posted to Instagram by content material creator Katyinck.
Hoover wrote that she spent a lot of 2025 on the set of the upcoming movie adaptation of her novel Reminders of Him in Canada and “had recurring well being points that I continued to place off till the film was completed.”

“After I returned dwelling, I discovered I had most cancers,” she stated.
Hoover wrote that the most cancers had been “eliminated by surgical procedure” and that she would additional endure radiation.
“Whereas it felt big and scary for a bit, and I needed to miss out on the Regretting You premiere, and another essential profession and private moments, I simply wasn’t able to share with anybody till I knew what the result could be,” she posted.
In October 2025, Hoover shared along with her Instagram followers that she could be lacking out on promotional actions for Regretting You, the second of her books to be tailored for the massive display. The movie, starring Mckenna Grace, Mason Thames, Dave Franco and Allison Williams, was launched that month.
“So unhappy to overlook this film launch and premiere, however so grateful to all of the actors and the crew who put this collectively,” the creator shared along with her followers on the time.

Hoover shared one more replace in a Friday, January 9, Fb put up, writing, “I obtained outcomes again in the present day from the geneticist that say my most cancers didn’t come from household genes. It additionally didn’t come from the 2 most important causes of the most cancers, that are HPV and extreme hormones.”
“This implies it was greater than possible environmental/life-style, which is lack of train, poor eating regimen and stress,” stated the creator, who has discovered herself within the crosshairs of a authorized dispute between It Ends With Us director and actor Justin Baldoni and the film’s main girl, Blake Full of life, since 2024.
“I’m completely happy and grateful to be alive, however I hate greens. I hate when I’ve to get off the sofa. I hate sweating,” she continued. “I hate when science is true. In the event you see me on the gymnasium, don’t even inform me good job. In the event you see me at a restaurant consuming grilled rooster and ingesting water, I’m in all probability actual mad about it.”
Hoover’s subsequent book-to-screen adaptation, Reminders of Him, is ready for launch on March 13. A film adaptation of Verity starring Anne Hathaway is due for launch in October.
The creator may even publish her newest novel, Girl Down, on Tuesday, January 13.


