‘Days of Our Lives’ Star Shares Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment

Suzanne Rogers has been a “Days of Our Lives” staple for the last 52 years. She is also one of the few cast members seen on camera regularly. Her character, Maggie Horton, often hands out advice to Salem’s youngest residents and shares memories when other OGs stop in to visit.

The actress recently shared with TV Insider a bit of the real-life drama that dominated her summer: a cancer diagnosis.

Suzanne Rogers Was Diagnosed With Colorectal Cancer

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Despite having routine colonoscopies, Rogers felt something wasn’t right and made an appointment with her doctor. She was sent for another one, and her surgeon then decided to take a closer look. “He said, ‘I want you to have an MRI and I want you to have a PET scan and I’m going to do a biopsy,’” Rogers explained. “And the minute he said that, I knew that it was something more.”

After another procedure, she learned that she had Stage II colorectal cancer. “He said, ‘You have cancer and you have to start treatment.’ It was all a shock. I mean, I think I was in shock for several days because I take pretty good care of myself. But he said, ‘It’s a good thing you caught it in time.’”

Suzanne Had Six Weeks of Treatment

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Suzanne finished filming “Days of Our Lives” on June 13, 2025, and started treatment three days later. “It was radiation every day and chemo every day for six weeks, and it was tough,” she recalls. “It was tough knowing you had to do it five days a week, and then you had off Saturday and Sunday. I thoroughly enjoyed my weekends because I didn’t have to go to see a doctor. I was so tired of seeing doctors.”

Days actually took a six-week hiatus over the summer, which allowed Rogers to seek treatment without it being obvious. “I was able to keep it under wraps, and then the show took that break, so it wasn’t necessary to get into it all then. It helped me because it gave me even more time to chill and to get myself healthy.”

As Rogers focused on her treatment, the soap’s powers that be were supportive and reassuring. “I got calls from Ken [Corday, executive producer] and Noel [Maxam, co-executive producer] and Sara [Peterson, producer], and they all said, ‘Don’t worry about a thing, take care of yourself, get yourself well. That’s the most important thing. We are here.’”

The actress completed her treatment on July 31, 2025, and she is on her way back to work. “I start back to work next week, so we’ll see how that goes. Now, I’m feeling anxious, like I do any time I get scripts, because I want to do my very best, and you don’t want to hold up anybody. So that’s the only anxiousness I feel. It’s not because of my illness.”