Lisa McLoughlin
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Homes Under the Hammer star Tommy Walsh has updated fans about his ongoing cancer battle.
In 2002, the 67-year-old revealed he underwent surgery to remove two benign lumps in his chest and then 20 years later was diagnosed with throat cancer in 2022.
Although he recovered, he is now receiving advanced NHS treatment after specialists found cancer under his lung.
Assuring his fans, he told The Mirror: “My cancer came back earlier this year….they found it again under the lung.
“So I had to have this new treatment called SABR and what it is, is radiotherapy, which targets it to an exact spot without damaging the organs around it. So they used that and it shrunk.”
He added: “It is now not anywhere else. It is going away. Because it is shrinking, it will shrink down to nothing and disappear.
“I will then just have to have annual checks. It has worked for me really well.”
He continued by expressing gratitude that the cancer was detected just outside his lung and emphasised his preference for NHS treatment over private healthcare.
Known for fronting shows like Homes Under the Hammer, Walsh recently made headlines when weatherman Owain Wyn Evans was announced as his replacement on the BBC series.
Throughout his career, he gained fame for his work on Ground Force alongside Alan Titchmarsh and Charlie Dimmock from 1997 to 2005.
The TV personality revealed his cancer diagnosis at a charity event last November while speaking to attendees at the Swallows Head and Neck Cancer charity event.
Walsh revealed that doctors had discovered a "three-centimetre tumor in the lung" and scheduled an emergency CT scan for the next day.
He didn't share further updates immediately after the scan but in the same interview with The Mirror, Walsh shared: “They thought it was in the lung and then I would have been in trouble.
“Surgery would have been serious where they cut you open and take a big lump of bone out of the rib and then they would have to put a piece of metal mesh in to stop the lung falling out of the hole.”
Walsh has a family history of cancer, with his sister reportedly undergoing a lumpectomy to remove cancerous breast tissue when she was 31.
If you have been affected by this story, advice and confidential support to people living with cancer and their loved ones can be found atThe Macmillan Support Line on 0808 808 0000.
