Taylor Swift Reveals Herbr Mother’s Brain Tumor Diagnosis In an interview with ‘Variety,’br Taylor Swift spoke for the firstbr time publicly about her mother’sbr latest battle with cancer. Andrea Swift, who was firstbr diagnosed with cancer in 2015,br was alerted to the tumor recentlybr while undergoing chemotherapy. Taylor Swift,br to ‘Variety’ The chemotherapy was duebr to Andrea’s cancer returningbr a second time, which Swiftbr revealed in March 2019. Taylor described the news as “hard,” saying thebr symptoms were “nothing like what [they’ve] ever beenbr through,” in comparison to her previous diagnosis. Taylor Swift,br to ‘Variety’ Taylor has chosen tobr limit the length of herbr upcoming ‘Lover’ tour.