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Updated · Fox News · Sep 27

Susie Wiles Says Surgery Left Her Cancer-Free After March Breast Cancer Diagnosis

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Updated · Fox News · Sep 27

Susie Wiles Says Surgery Left Her Cancer-Free After March Breast Cancer Diagnosis

Q: How did the first female White House Chief of Staff balance grueling chemotherapy with one of Washington's most demanding jobs?

Susie Wiles balanced chemotherapy and the White House job by continuing to work through treatment, leaning heavily on a trusted team, and using the job itself as a source of purpose. In her account, Wiles said cancer was mentally and physically consuming from the moment she woke up. Some days, simply getting out of bed, getting dressed and going to work took all the strength she had. Chemotherapy reduced her stamina, mobility and, at times, her concentration, and she acknowledged she could not always be everywhere she wanted to be. What made the arrangement work, she said, was discipline and support. Wiles kept directing as much energy as she could toward her responsibilities, saying work gave her “a mission larger than myself” and reminded her that her life was about more than the disease. She also continued working virtually when needed, allowing her to stay engaged even during the hardest parts of treatment. She credited White House colleagues and staff with stepping in, filling gaps and carrying added weight when her health limited her. Outside work, she said her two daughters, extended family, friends and medical team helped sustain her through treatment. She also thanked President Donald Trump for his support. Wiles has now said she is cancer-free after surgery and follow-up pathology showed no residual cancer, with clear results later confirmed at the Mayo Clinic. She says her focus now is recovering the strength treatment took from her.

3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Sep 27

Clear pathology results after surgery left White House chief of staff Susie Wiles cancer-free, she wrote in a USA Today op-ed after disclosing her diagnosis in March.
Wiles said chemotherapy drained her stamina, mobility and sometimes her focus, yet she kept working because the job gave her purpose beyond appointments, scans and side effects.
Mayo Clinic confirmed the all-clear at a Sept. 16 appointment, and Wiles said she is now rebuilding what treatment took from her.
Trump had praised Wiles in May as she underwent treatment; in her account and an X post Sunday, she thanked family, colleagues and doctors and urged other patients not to let cancer define them.