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23rd Feb 2018

Stephen Fry announces cancer battle after being diagnosed with prostate cancer

National treasure Stephen Fry has announced he is battling prostate cancer

Oli Dugmore

Brexit Stephen Fry

The former-QI host has announced he is battling cancer.

Stephen Fry has revealed he has prostate cancer, following an MRI scan.

The 60-year-old tweeted a 12 minute video with the news, he wrote: “For the last 2 months I’ve been in the throes of a rather unwelcome and unexpected adventure. I’m sorry I haven’t felt able to talk about it till now, but here I am explaining what has been going on.”

Clip via – samfryltd

After going for a flu jab, the former-QI host had a full health check, when his doctor noticed an anomaly in his prostate-specific antigen levels, they were unusually high.

After an MRI scan, which Fry described as “taking a sledgehammer to a peanut”, cancerous tissues were found in his prostate.

In early January Fry underwent surgery, which he said “went well”, aimed at removing the “aggressive” cancerous tissue.

He said: “Cancer is a word that rings in your head. ‘I’ve got cancer’ I kept saying to myself, good heavens.

“You’re not supposed to get cancer. I know it’s a cliche but you don’t think it’s going to happen to you, cancer is something that happens to other people.”