George Alagiah has shared an update on his health, revealing his bowel cancer has now spread to a third organ of his body.
The BBC newsreader told The Times: ‘My doctors have never used the word “chronic” or “cure” about my cancer.
‘They’ve never used the word “terminal” either. I’ve always said to my oncologist, “Tell me when I need to sort my affairs out”, and he’s not told me that, but what he did tell me is that the cancer is now in a third organ. It is in my lungs.’
The 64-year-old journalist was first diagnosed with bowel cancer in 2014 and later said it had spread to his lymph nodes and liver.
Doctors discovered the cancer had also spread to his lungs in April after he tested positive for coronavirus in March.
He added: ‘I said to my doctor, “You’re going to have to do the worrying for me.” I don’t want to fill my mind with worry. I just know that he’s a clever guy, doing everything he can.’
George also revealed that the chemotherapy he has been having has increased as a result of the cancer spreading.
He had also battled coronavirus in March and he told BBC News at Six that having cancer had prepared him for this new battle.
He explained: ‘I don’t want to trivialise because I seem to have had a mild dose, but actually, the very fact that we [cancer patients] are living with cancer I think gives us an edge.
‘We’ve confronted those difficult, dark moments in our life. And in some ways, I think that we, those of us living with cancer, are stronger because we kind of know what it is like to go into something where the outcomes are uncertain.
‘And I certainly feel that having had that experience, in my case six years as a cancer patient, I went into this feeling actually quite strong.
‘If I can live with cancer, I can certainly live with Covid-19.’
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