OHMYGOSSIP — Chris Evans has urged others to check for skin cancer following his diagnosis, and warned melanomas can crop up on areas that people might not think to look at.
The 57-year-old radio presenter revealed his diagnosis on his Virgin Radio show on Monday (21.08.23), and he is now encouraging others to keep an eye out for any changes in their skin, and he warned that many single men miss out on melanomas on their back because they don’t check there.
He told The Sun newspaper: “One example of why it’s an extraordinary thing to look for, is there is a high percentage of men who tragically lose their lives to melanomas which they don’t see them because they’re on their backs.
“And they’re single men. You don’t see your back that often.
“And if it’s in your back in the middle of your shoulder blades, unless you have a partner or play in a sports team, it is unlikely you will see that, ever.
“Unless you check for it on purpose. Get your partner to check you, it might be more fun.”
Chris has a malignant growth on his leg, which he thought was “probably nothing”, but fortunately he had it looked at and it was caught early.
He added: “It is funny because you go for the really invasive checks and the initially embarrassing ones with your stools and stuff – then you get this seamlessly harmless freckle on the back of your calf and you think, it’s probably nothing – but it can be.
“Caught at this stage in situ, you know, only a fool would ever want cancer, but if you have to have a cancer, this is the one you want because it is stage zero.
“But it is morphing and it will move.”
Chris reassured listeners this week that his skin cancer is treatable because it was caught so early.
He said on his radio show: “We need to discuss what’s going on with this issue.
“It is a melanoma. There’s this phrase called a malignant melanoma – you know once you get something, and you find out all about it – that is a redundant phrase because if it is a melanoma it is malignant.
“But it’s been caught so early, just so you know, that it should be completely treatable.
“[Treatment] will happen on the 14th of September.”

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