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Inside Rhod Gilbert's 'brutal' cancer battle as comedian prepares for The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up to Cancer

Rhod Gilbert will be setting foot inside the Celebrity Bake Off tent for the Stand Up to Cancer. MailOnline take a look at his cancer journey after the comedian was given the all clear in October.

Rhod said: 'I couldn't speak or breathe and I was postponing and cancelling tour shows, I had terrible spasms in my face and a lot of tightness in my muscles. He recalled: 'I was back on the road earlier this year, I got a call to say my latest scan had shown the cancer was in the areas they knew about, but it wasn't in my lungs or my brain.' Describing the decision to film the difficult period in his life, Rhod said: 'I was lying in bed on the Friday, with my treatment due to start the following Monday.

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