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has said she's feeling 'positive and strong' after being diagnosed with breast as she shared a health update to fans.
Street legend, 68, to promote her new role on soap opera Fair City.
Beverley had reassured fans the cancer was caught early, but would need to return to the UK for radiotherapy and surgery.
In a fresh update on Monday, the actress told fans she is now back home in Norfolk after taking the ferry with her husband Jon McEwan and their dogs.
Speaking on camera, Beverley said: 'I really want to say thank you so much to everyone for your wonderful messages. Everybody has been truly fantastic.
'And I also want to say I'm feeling really positive and I'm very strong. I begin hospital stuff and everything now I'm home.
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Beverley Callard has said she's feeling 'positive and strong' after being diagnosed with breast cancer as she shared a health update to fans
The Coronation Street legend, 68, revealed she is battling the disease during a chat show appearance in Ireland to promote her new role on soap opera Fair City (pictured on Friday)
Announcing her diagnosis last Friday on The Late Late Show to host Patrick Kielty, Beverley revealed she received the news just 20 minutes before filming her first scenes in her new role
'Everything begins this week. On Wednesday, they're testing lymph nodes and lymph glands and all of that and I will keep everybody updated.
'I'm so appreciative of all the love that's coming, thank you.'
Announcing her diagnosis last Friday on The Late Late Show to host Patrick Kielty, Beverley revealed she received the news just 20 minutes before filming her first scenes in her new role.
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She explained: 'I'd had some tests just before I left the UK and literally 15 to 20 minutes before [her first scene] I was in my dressing room at Fair City, getting ready to go on, and I was quite nervous and thinking, "I hope everybody thinks I'm all right, whatever".
'And my consultant rang me and said, "you've got to come back to the UK". I said, "well I can't possibly, you know, I've just taken a new job I'm away for a month".'
Beverley added: 'I'm fine. I'm absolutely fine. My head was a bit mashed for the first few days. It's very early stages, and I'm along with, you know, thousands of other women as well.'
The soap star has signed up to play Lily, the long-lost mother to already established Fair City character Gwen (Emily Lamey) on the RTÉ show.
Previously released promotional pictures show Beverley getting into character, with the star wearing a black leather jacket in one.
Beverley played the iconic Liz McDonald on and off in the ITV soap from 1989 until 2020 (pictured in 2010)
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The soap star has signed up to play Lily, the long-lost mother to already established Fair City character Gwen (Emily Lamey) on the RTÉ show
Last month Beverley was forced to hit back at claims she was on weight-loss jabs after showing off her slim frame
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