Lisa Faulkner diagnosed with early stages of breast cancer

The EastEnders and Holby City actress, 54, revealed on Tuesday that she underwent the procedure two weeks ago and she has since had the all clear from her doctors.

She said she still needs to undergo radiotherapy, however reassured her 372,000 followers on Instagram that she is feeling better.

Faulkner said: “I’ve had to have surgery because I’ve had the very early stages of breast cancer.

“I had surgery two weeks ago, and it was quite a big op, but it’s all good, and I’ve had my results back, and they’ve got everything out, and so it’s all clear, and I just need now to have some radiotherapy in a few weeks.

“I’ve still got quite a bit of healing to do, but I’m good, I’m well, and feeling so much better.”

She urged others to go for check-ups adding that if she did not go for her breast screening, the cancer would not have been picked up.

“I am so grateful that I went for my mammogram,” she said.

“Don’t put them off, go, because they found this and without that mammogram it wouldn’t have been picked up.”

Faulkner ended her video by thanking the “wonderful NHS” for the scan and early treatment.

The actress has four children and married the former MasterChef presenter in 2019. She recently appeared in Single White Female in Manchester after returning to the stage after 21 years.

The news comes nearly a year after Torode was sacked from the cooking competition show after an allegation that he used “highly offensive racist language” was upheld in a review looking into his former co-presenter Greg Wallace, who was also fired due to alleged misconduct.