Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi said on Feb. 20, 2026, that she has stage 1 cervical adenocarcinoma, telling followers she is moving forward after years of abnormal Pap smears and a January biopsy that confirmed cancer confined to her cervix.
Polizzi, 38, posted the update on TikTok and wrote, “A little update for my ladies 🙏🏽 #cervicalcancer.” She said, “Get your Paps done don’t wait like I almost did,” and added, “Thank freaking God they caught it early… I gotta keep attacking this & everything’s gonna be great.”
The diagnosis did not come out of nowhere. Around 2022, abnormal Pap smear results and precancerous cells were detected and watched conservatively, then Polizzi underwent a colposcopy and biopsy on Jan. 21, 2026. A cone biopsy in January confirmed cancer confined to the cervix with clear margins, and a staging PET-CT scan ruled out distant metastasis.
That is why the news matters now: Polizzi said she chose radical hysterectomy as the definitive curative approach for her stage 1A cervical adenocarcinoma. The surgery would remove the uterus, cervix, upper vagina and parametrial tissue while preserving the ovaries, a choice that reflects a cancer caught early enough to treat aggressively before it spread.
There is still a hard edge to the story. Nearly four years passed between the first abnormal Pap smears and the public diagnosis, and Polizzi said the delay is exactly why she wants women to keep up with screening. She repeated the point plainly: “Get your Pap smears done, ladies. Don’t wait.”
For a mother of three young children — Giovanni, Tommaso and Angelo — the message landed as both personal and public. The cancer was caught early, the scan did not show distant disease, and the next step is surgery. What remains is the part Polizzi has already answered for other women: do not wait for a diagnosis to begin paying attention.