Listen: Chris Evans reveals cancer diagnosis live on radio show

The Independent

Chris Evans announced live on his Virgin Radio show on Monday, 21 August, that he has been diagnosed with skin cancer.  The broadcaster, 57, reassured listeners that it was discovered in its early stages.  Evans explained that he will be undergoing treatment in September.  "I can't run for a month afterwards so I'm going to do nothing but run until then," Evans joked.  It comes after the host was tested for prostate cancer in 2020 after discovering marks on his body, but was given the all-clear.

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00:00 We need to discuss what's going on with this issue,

00:03 and it is a melanoma.

00:04 So there's this phrase called a malignant melanoma,

00:08 and you know once you get something,

00:10 you find out all about it, that is a redundant phrase,

00:12 'cause if it's a melanoma, it is malignant.

00:15 But it's been caught so early,

00:18 just so you know, that it should be completely treatable,

00:23 and that'll happen on the 14th of September,

00:25 which is a Thursday.

00:27 I can't run for a month afterwards,

00:29 So I'm going to do nothing but run until then.

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