Giuliana Rancic returns to work

Giuliana Rancic was back on set at "E! News" on Tuesday.

STORY HIGHLIGHTS

• Giuliana Rancic was back on the set at E! News on Tuesday after her surgery


• Rancic, 37, had the surgery after lumpectomies failed to eradicate her breast cancer


• "It feels great to be back at work," she says

() -- Two weeks after undergoing a and reconstructive surgery, Giuliana Rancic was back on the set at "E! News" on Tuesday.

"Even though I moved a tad slower than usual today, everyone welcomed me back with open arms and it was a wonderful homecoming," she says in a statement on the network's Web site.

, 37, had December 13 after lumpectomies failed to eradicate her breast cancer.

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"It feels great to be back at work," she says. "I wasn't sure whether I was going to return to 'E! News' this week or after the new year. The last thing I wanted to do was rush my recovery."

She adds: "Thankfully, I've been feeling better every single day since surgery and this weekend my doctors gave me the green light to get back to work."