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Rhod Gilbert shares cancer update as he admits he's 'pinching himself' over performing stand-up again two years after diagnosis and vows to 'take some power back from this wretched disease by laughing at it'


Rhod Gilbert is delighted to be back on stage performing stand-up comedy two years after he was diagnosed with cancer.

The performer is pleased to be heading out on tour and welcoming fellow cancer into his audiences who 'take some power back from this wretched disease by laughing at it' (pictured in November last year) 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.' He wrote: 'As a proud patron of Velindre Cancer Centre, I've trekked the world, hosted chaotic quizzes and star-studded comedy nights.

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