Loose Women star Coleen Nolan has shared an update on her skin cancer diagnosis.
The chat show panelist, who first shot to fame with her family pop group The Nolans in the 1970s, had previously announced she was diagnosed with common skin cancer basal cell carcinoma.
Appearing on Lorraine today (January 25), Nolan explained she was also diagnosed with pre-melanoma a few weeks ago.
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"I know you had a wee scare… More than a wee scare, didn't you? Are you someone who put suncream on a lot?" Lorraine asked.
"Yeah, well obviously back in the 70s when I was little, they didn't, you know? Your mum sent you out in the garden and you played and you got burned," Nolan replied.
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"I went out recently just before Christmas and they said: 'Oh you've got a pre-melanoma on your face' and I had a carcinoma on my shoulder, which is now gone. I have to sort the melanoma out after touring."
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"But yeah, big scare. And now I will not go out without SPF 50, even in the snow, even in the rain," she finally said.
Previously speaking about her diagnosis, Nolan explained her dermatologist reassured her it'd be treated "with cream and then the chemo cream and then if that doesn't work, we'll cut it out and give you a skin graft".
"It was so shocking my first instinct, typical me, was to laugh hysterically because I just thought that's the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard anybody say because I'm sick of cancer," she said on Loose Women last summer.
Nolan and her sisters have faced cancer multiple times over the past few years. Coleen's sister Linda is battling incurable cancer right now, with their other sister Anne recently battling the disease as well. The siblings sadly lost their sister Bernie to breast cancer ten years ago.
Loose Women airs on weekdays at 12.30pm on ITV1 and streams on ITVX.
If you would like more information or support about living with cancer or treatment, please click here for guidance from Macmillan Cancer Support, or click here to learn more from Stand Up to Cancer.
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