Mel McLaughlin Spotted Smiling After Cancer Diagnosis

Mel McLaughlin has been spotted out and about for the first time since revealing her shock lung diagnosis.

She revealed her lung cancer diagnosis in a Seven News interview with Mark Ferguson in March. 

And the sports reporter, 46, appeared in good spirits this week as she enjoyed a brisk walk in .

Mel cut an athletic figure, stepping out in a blue Nike tank top paired with red shorts featuring white piping. 

Completing the active look, Mel wore a pair of white sneakers and a blue and white Riyadh Air baseball cap.

Wearing her brunette locks up under her cap, Mel accessorised with a pair of tinted sunglasses.

As she pounded the pavement, Mel was also spotted scrolling on her phone.      

Mel revealed in March that she had undergone surgery to remove a malignant tumour from her lung, along with a large section of the organ, despite never having smoked. 

Mel lost her older sister, Tara, to the same disease in 2015 at the age of 39, leading her to work as an ambassador for the Lung Foundation Australia. 

Neither woman was a smoker and doctors believe there may be a genetic link that led the siblings to suffer from the same illness ten years apart. 

'I was diagnosed with lung cancer in December. So that's led to surgery. I've had half my lung cut out,' Mel said.  

'It's very traumatic. It's very triggering. It's a lot of emotions. And also you don't want to worry anyone.' 

Mel explained it was utterly heartbreaking sharing the news of her own diagnosis with her family at Christmastime, after the death of her sister, who was a mother of two.

'In our family, lung cancer meant death. We had one example, and we lost her,' McLaughlin said, becoming emotional. 

She revealed her lung cancer diagnosis in a Seven News interview with Mark Ferguson