Amanda Peet says she battled breast cancer as both of her parents died

In a vulnerable New Yorker essay, Amanda Peet not only revealed her breast cancer diagnosis but also opened up about her parents dying in hospice.

Amanda Peet is not holding back on the hardships she's experienced since being diagnosed with breast cancer.

In a vulnerable essay published by the New Yorker on March 21, the "Your Friends & Neighbors" actress not only revealed her diagnosis but let the world in on the nuances of her recent tribulations, from confronting her own mortality while coincidentally witnessing her parents dying in hospice care on opposite coasts.

During a routine check-up on Aug. 29, her doctor noticed something odd on an ultrasound, and a biopsy soon identified a small tumor, Peet wrote. Her father died that same Labor Day weekend. "I didn't make it before my father took his last breath, but I got to see his body before it was taken from his apartment," she wrote. "As soon as my dad's corpse was out of sight, I was free to panic about my cancer again."

Peet, 54, said she didn't have it in her to disclose her father's death or her own cancer diagnosis to her mother, who had late-stage Parkinson's disease. "She still recognized me, and sometimes answered 'yes' or 'no' to my questions, but always reverted to an empty stare."

She also discussed researching "lobular breast cancer" online, after promising her husband she'd stay off the internet, and fixating on how that form is "tricky" and "insidious" compared to the more common ductal breast cancer. "Even if you’re lucky enough to catch it on a scan, its size is often underestimated. And the kicker: “at 10 years ... half as likely to be alive."