Jamie Theakston, 54, reveals he is cancer free after undergoing three life-changing surgeries as he makes an emotional return to Heart FM breakfast

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Jamie Theakston has revealed he is cancer free as he made a joyful return to work at Heart FM Breakfast on Friday morning.

The radio host, 54, announced he had been diagnosed with the disease in October 2024, after listeners had noticed there was something not quite right with his voice.

After undergoing three life-changing surgeries and being told he had ‘a one in six chance he might not be able to talk again’, Jamie revealed he is free from stage one throat cancer.

He said: ‘Today is the four-month anniversary of my cancer diagnosis. So it’s been four months, and I’ve had enough of hospitals and operations, and it’s just lovely to be back, and I’ve got some news for you. Because I can tell you that as of today, I’m cancer free. 

‘Anyone who’s been through what I’ve been through will know it’s kind of you just get a barrage of statistics. 

‘So they’ll always tell you in the first one, when I got my diagnosis which came as an enormous shock, by the way, I was fully intended to be told that I had a sore throat. 

Jamie Theakston, 54, has revealed he is cancer free as he made a joyful return to work at Heart FM Breakfast on Friday morning

Jamie Theakston, 54, has revealed he is cancer free as he made a joyful return to work at Heart FM Breakfast on Friday morning

‘And when I was told, ‘oh, it’s probably cancer,’ just, literally, I just didn’t even know what to say. I mean, it just blew my mind. And so then it’s all about statistics. So the first is go, ‘well, you’ll have a one in ten chance you won’t survive it.’ 

‘And you kind of go, ‘oh okay, I’ll take that.’ And then I had to do several surgeries. So, the first surgery wasn’t as successful as we hoped. Had a second surgery, and then a third surgery, and each time, I was doing more and more damage to my vocal cords. 

‘So, in actual fact, by the third one, they said, ‘well, look, you’ve got a one in six chance you might not be able to talk again.’ 

‘And so, then you kind of think, ‘oh, okay, that’s like rolling a dice,’ yeah, I’ll take that. And so, there’s just a kind of, it’s just statistics after statistics.’

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