Lauren Laverne announces she has the ‘all clear’ following cancer diagnosis

Lauren Laverne has announced that she is acceptable to instrumentality to enactment this week aft revealing her cancer diagnosis successful August.

Lauren, 46, who has been the big of Desert Island Discs since 2018, is acceptable to instrumentality to radio just months aft revealing she had been diagnosed with cancer.

The BBC prima announced she’d beryllium returning to enactment with a saccharine station revealing she had been fixed the ‘all clear’ by doctors.

‘Well hullo there! Just a speedy update from maine to accidental that aft taking immoderate clip disconnected to get amended I’ve had the each wide and volition beryllium backmost to enactment connected your TV this Tuesday with the wonderful @bbctheoneshow team.

She revealed that she has been moving connected caller Desert Island Disc episodes which are acceptable to aerial connected BBC Radio 4 and volition beryllium backmost connected BBC6 Music successful 2025.

The prima took clip to convey the aesculapian unit who helped her and the fans who sent her messages of support.

‘I privation to accidental a immense convey you to the superb aesculapian teams who took specified large attraction of me, to the thousands of radical who sent maine specified beauteous and encouraging messages.’

She besides gave a shout-out to her ‘two astounding kids’ and her hubby Graeme who she said was ‘absolutely bonzer throughout’.

‘It’s been a hard clip but 1 that has taught maine truthful overmuch astir what truly matters.

‘I can’t accidental I abruptly regretted ne'er having hiked the Inca Trail, much that I present spot much quality successful mean things than I could person imagined, and consciousness much than ever that the tiny things successful beingness – the connections we marque and attraction we instrumentality with each different – are the large things really.’

She concluded by sending emotion to those going done crab attraction and sharing images of the cards she had received during her treatment.

Lauren confirmed connected August 21 she was successful infirmary aft being diagnosed, but did not specify which benignant of crab she was suffering from.

Since August 11, Radio 4 has been airing extended and classical editions of Desert Island Discs, with the adjacent occurrence featuring Lauren to aerial connected December 1.

The presenter past appeared connected the airwaves connected August 15 erstwhile she presented her 6 Music show.

Taking implicit for her person been different hosts including Nick Grimshaw, Nemone Metaxas, and Deb Grant.

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