He was less open about his second, small-cell cancer, however. In an interview with The Sun last year, he said: “I’ve had cancer two different ways now.
“I had lung cancer in 2017 and I had small-cell more recently that I fought in the last lockdown.”
Small cell cancers can occur in different parts of the body, but most commonly affect the lungs. Under a microscope, these cancers look visually small, explains The Christie NHS Foundation Trust.
It grows rapidly, making it more aggressive than non-small cell cancer, and can affect areas including the prostate, pancreas, bladder, and lymph nodes.
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