A prominent Labor MP has revealed he is undergoing treatment after skin cancer was discovered on his lung.
Sir Chris Bryant told Sky News he has been undergoing immunotherapy for the past three months after a routine scan detected melanoma on his right lung in January.
The 62-year-old underwent surgery where doctors collapsed his lung so a robot could cut out the melanoma – with his lung then re-inflated.
Five years ago, Sir Chris had a melanoma cut from his head after being given a 40% chance of living a year, as well as scans every six months.
The shadow creative industries minister told Sky News’ Kay Burley: “I got the results from my last scan which said it wasn’t clear this time.
“They found something in my lung, which they thought was probably melanoma, not lung cancer, skin cancer in my lung, which would obviously be very serious.
“This is stage four metastatic cancer. And it’s very scary.”
Sir Chris added that he would like to appear on Sky News to warn about the risks of being in the sun.
“Skin cancer really kills,” he said.
“And yesterday, a lot of people would be out in the sun. Enjoying the fact that you can sunbathe and everything.
“But the truth is, all of this happened to my head and the skin cancer on my lung, all of it ultimately because of sun damage.
“So people can do things, cover it up. If you have a mole and are in doubt, get it checked.
“Very, very important. We can save lives.”
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The Rhondda MP said if he hadn’t had the last scan he would probably have gone to the doctor within a year or 18 months with a “really bad chest”.
“It would have been a death sentence. The good news is they stopped it,” he said.
“There is no more cancer at the moment. I took an exam.
“And I’m doing immunotherapy and immunotherapies.”
On social media, Sir Chris later said the treatment was “difficult” – but he has “every hope of being completely cancer free for the rest of my life”.
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