Lisa Faulkner has had surgery for breast cancer and says doctors removed everything. The actress, known for EastEnders and Holby City, told her 372,000 Instagram followers on Thursday that she was diagnosed with very early-stage disease and had the operation two weeks earlier.
She still needs radiotherapy, which she expects “in a few weeks.” No start date or hospital was given.
“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,” the 54-year-old said. She has “quite a bit of healing to do,” she added, but feels “so much better.”
The cancer was found on a mammogram. Faulkner used her post to push others to go. “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.” She thanked the “wonderful NHS” for the scan and the early treatment.
Faulkner has four children and married former MasterChef presenter John Torode in 2019.
Her announcement came months after broadcaster Davina McCall, 58, said she had been given the “all clear” after surgery. McCall was diagnosed with breast cancer in October last year.
