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Actor Lisa Faulkner, known for her roles in EastEnders and Holby City, has revealed she has undergone surgery after being diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer.
The 54-year-old, who is married to chef John Torode, shared the news on Tuesday. She said that the procedure took place a fortnight ago and doctors have since given her the all-clear.
While she still requires radiotherapy, Faulkner reassured her 372,000 Instagram followers that she is now feeling much better.
Faulkner said: “I’ve had to have surgery because I’ve had the very early stages of breast cancer.
“I had surgery two weeks ago, and it was quite a big op, but it’s all good, and I’ve had my results back, and they’ve got everything out, and so it’s all clear, and I just need now to have some radiotherapy in a few weeks.
“I’ve still got quite a bit of healing to do, but I’m good, I’m well, and feeling so much better.”
Lisa Faulkner with husband John TorodeGettyShe urged others to go for check-ups, adding that if she did not go for her breast screening, the cancer would not have been picked up.
“I am so grateful that I went for my mammogram,” she said.
“Don’t put them off, go, because they found this and without that mammogram it wouldn’t have been picked up.”
Faulkner ended her video by thanking the “wonderful NHS” for the scan and early treatment.
The actress has four children and married the former MasterChef presenter in 2019.
The news comes nearly a year after Torode was sacked from the cooking competition show after an allegation that he used “highly offensive racist language” was upheld in a review looking into his former co-presenter Gregg Wallace, who was also fired due to alleged misconduct.