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Davina McCall Reveals Early Breast Cancer Diagnosis

Published 8 November 2025

Television presenter Davina McCall announced on Saturday that she has been diagnosed with breast cancer, which she discovered a few weeks ago and had surgically removed nearly three weeks prior. The 58-year-old shared the news in a video posted to her Instagram account, emphasizing that the cancer was caught very early and has not spread.

McCall first noticed a lump while working on the set of "The Masked Singer." She described how signs on the doors of the restrooms at the "Lorraine" television show, placed there by host Lorraine Kelly to promote breast self-exams, prompted her to check herself repeatedly. "Every time I went for a wee, I did that, and it was still there," she said in the video. One morning, she spotted the lump in the mirror and decided to seek medical attention. A biopsy confirmed the diagnosis of breast cancer, leading to a lumpectomy at the Royal Marsden Hospital in London.

The tumor was very small, measuring just four millimeters, and McCall expressed relief that her lymph nodes were clear and no further nodes needed removal. "I got it very, very early, which is incredibly lucky," she stated. "But I am so relieved to have had it removed and to know that it...

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