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 stage one laryngeal cancer in October 2024, after listeners had noticed there was something not quite right with his voice.
![[Amanda Holden was overjoyed to have Jamie back in the studio alongside her following four months off battling the disease]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/17/09/94203071-14295703-Amanda_Holden_was_overjoyed_to_have_Jamie_back_in_the_studio_alo-m-45_1737105327409.jpg)
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 the disease. 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.
![[The radio host announced he had been diagnosed with stage one laryngeal cancer in October 2024, after listeners had noticed there was something not quite right with his voice]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/17/09/94203079-14295703-The_radio_host_announced_he_had_been_diagnosed_with_stage_one_la-a-46_1737105333390.jpg)
'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.
![[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 the disease]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/17/09/94203075-14295703-After_undergoing_three_life_changing_surgeries_and_being_told_he-a-47_1737105335979.jpg)
Jamie Theakston, 54, has revealed he is cancer free as he made a joyful return to work at Heart FM Breakfast on Friday morning. Amanda Holden was overjoyed to have Jamie back in the studio alongside her following four months off battling the disease. '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.’.
![[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']](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/17/09/94203073-14295703-He_said_Today_is_the_four_month_anniversary_of_my_cancer_diagnos-a-48_1737105339150.jpg)
