Mark Steel: My cancer has gone

Comic thanks the 'wonderful souls' who saved his life

Mark Steel is now cancer-free.

The comic broke the news on social media, writing: ‘A nice man from UCL Hospital called this week, to say a scan of me showed the cancer I had has all gone. The treatment worked, the cancer bottled it and ran off, the wimp.’

The 63-year-old revealed he had been diagnosed with the disease in October after he discovered a lump in his neck while shaving.

He was diagnosed with throat cancer that had spread into the lymph glands and underwent surgery, followed by weeks of radiotherapy and chemotherapy.

A nice man from UCL Hospital called this week, to say a scan of me showed the cancer I had has all gone. The treatment worked, the cancer bottled it and ran off, the wimp.
— Mark Steel (@mrmarksteel) May 3, 2024

Writing on X today, Steel added: ‘One thing I’ve learned through all this is I don’t recommend chemotherapy or radiotherapy as recreational drugs. I can’t see them taking off in the clubs.

‘UCLH is an amazing place packed with wonderful souls. They’ve saved my life but I reckon this mention on Twitter makes us even. Also, I discovered my son and daughter are magnificent and that I know lots of brilliant people who are beautifully kind and funny and rude

‘ And… lots of you sent me messages which was SO appreciated and I’d marry you all if there wasn’t a law against it.

‘Now I’ll shut up about it, after the "my cancer journey" book and tour and musical. And from now on I’ll be careful not to catch cancer again.

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Published: 3 May 2024