Davina McCall reveals breast cancer diagnosis a year after brain tumour surgery

Davina McCall has revealed she has had bosom cancer, astir a twelvemonth aft she had country to region a encephalon tumour.

The TV presenter revealed the diagnosis successful a video posted to her Instagram connected Saturday, saying she was "very angry" erstwhile she recovered out, but present is successful a "much much affirmative place" aft undergoing country to region the tumour 3 weeks ago.

"I recovered a lump a fewer weeks ago. It came and went but past I was moving connected The Masked Singer and Lorraine, the TV show, and Lorraine Kelly had enactment signs connected the backs of each the doors saying 'check your breasts' and each clip I went for a wee, I did that," she said.

"It was inactive there, and past 1 greeting I saw myself successful the reflector and thought 'I'm going to get that looked at'. I had a biopsy. I recovered retired it was so bosom crab and I had it taken retired successful a lumpectomy astir 3 weeks ago."

McCall, 58, said the "lump" was "very, precise small" and was discovered early.

"I americium truthful relieved to person had it removed and to cognize that it hasn't spread. My lymph nodes were clear, I didn't person immoderate removed, and each I'm going to bash present is person 5 days of radiotherapy successful January arsenic benignant of an security policy," she explained.

The erstwhile Big Brother presenter thanked her aesculapian team, household and fiance for their support, earlier adding: "It's been a lot. I was precise aggravated erstwhile I recovered out, but I fto spell of that, and I consciousness successful a overmuch much affirmative spot now.

"I deliberation my connection is: get checked if you're worried. Check yourself regularly. If you are owed a mammogram, past get it done.

"I person dense breasts and I had a mammogram successful August, and I was postponing the ultrasound; I conscionable couldn't find clip to bash it. Don't bash that. Get the ultrasound."

Her bosom crab diagnosis came astir a twelvemonth aft McCall revealed that she had a benign encephalon tumour, a colloid cyst, which she described arsenic "very rare".

She said successful a video posted successful November past twelvemonth that chances of having it were "three successful a million" and that she had discovered it respective months antecedently aft a institution offered her a wellness scan successful instrumentality for giving a menopause talk.

McCall roseate to fame presenting connected MTV successful the mid-1990s, and aboriginal connected Channel 4's Streetmate, earlier becoming a household sanction arsenic the big of Big Brother from 2000 to 2010.

She's gone connected to contiguous programmes crossed the networks, and presently presents ITV dating amusement My Mum, Your Dad.

In caller years, McCall has spoken regularly connected women's wellness and the effects of menopause successful a bid to interruption taboos astir the subject. Her 2022 book, Menopausing, won publication of the twelvemonth astatine the British Book Awards.

The aforesaid year, McCall fronted the Channel 4 documentary Davina McCall: Sex, Mind And The Menopause, and told the BBC that perimenopausal symptoms caused her difficulties multi-tasking and she considered that she had a encephalon tumour oregon Alzheimer's illness astatine the time.

In 2023, she was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for services to broadcasting.

The presenter has antecedently raised wealth for Cancer Research UK by moving the Race For Life successful honour of her precocious sister, Caroline Baday, who died from lung crab successful 2012 astatine the property of 50.

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Married twice, McCall has 3 children, 2 daughters and a son, with her 2nd husband, presenter Matthew Robertson.

She lives with her fiance, hairdresser Michael Douglas, and presents a play manner podcast with him, called Making The Cut.