NEW YORK — A representative for Marcia Cross says the husband of the “Desperate Housewives” star, stockbroker Tom Mahoney, has been diagnosed with cancer and is responding well to treatment.

Publicist Heidi Slan didn’t provide further details Tuesday.

Cross and Mahoney were married in June 2006. They have 23-month-old twin daughters, Eden and Savannah.

46-year-old Cross portrays Bree on the ABC show.