announced his diagnosis last month during his breakfast show on Virgin Radio. At the time, he said the disease was in its early stages and should be “completely treatable”.Evans told his listeners that he would start treatment on Thursday, September 14.The presenter has now confirmed that he has since been given the all-clear.
During his show yesterday (September 20), Evans said he’d received an email from his surgeon explaining that there is now “no residual disease”.“I never thought for a second you could lose a night’s sleep because of an email like this,” Evans told his fans (via BBC News).Co-presenter Vassos Alexander read out the email, which said: “I have forwarded the pathology report.
It is excellent news. There is no residual disease. You have the all-clear.”Evans added: “And so, at quarter-to-four last Thursday, I had cancer and at quarter-to-five, I didn’t.
And I just found that out last night.“And that’s because time is your biggest weapon against it, if you have an abundance of it, and its biggest weapon against you if you have a lack of it.”Evans went on to urge listeners who are experiencing cancer symptoms to get checked: “If you’re worried about anything, just bear in mind the fact that eight weeks ago I was diagnosed with cancer and now I don’t have it at all.“And that’s why you just need to attend to things.
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