Desperate Housewives star Marcia Cross has just announced that her husband Tom Mahoney is battling cancer.

The news came as quite a shock to the couple who not too long ago started a family. The couple has been happily raising their family and their young twins and have said that they are getting all the help required.

Tom has been undergoing all the standard procedures to help fight off the cancer and his doctors are saying that it looks like the treatment is agreeing with him.

While there isn’t any more information available as to the complete extent of Tom’s condition, we send our thoughts out to Tom, Marcia and their family.

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