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Lorraine Kelly addressed Davina McCall’s cancer diagnosis today

Lorraine Kelly has sent her celeb pal Davina McCall a sweet message after she revealed her breast cancer diagnosis. Davina revealed on Saturday that she had found a lump in her breast which turned out to be cancer.

In a video that she shared to Instagram, Davina mentioned that she found the lump when she was filming The Masked Singer. She explained that she was encouraged to check her breasts by posters for the Lorraine’s Change and Check campaign in the toilets.

Davina said that luckily she found the lump “very, very early” and has had a lumpectomy to remove it. The star’s lymph nodes were clear and then next step is for her to have five days of radiotherapy which is scheduled for January.

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There were posters in the Lorraine studio urging people to check their breasts

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Davina shared her diagnosis via Instagram

Lorraine has now spoken out about Davina’s news on Good Morning Britain, Lorraine said: “I’m just really sorry that Davina had to go through that but it’s fantastic that she caught it early, that’s brilliant,” she said.

“The campaign has been going on for many years now, it’s all over the country. We’ve got stickers all over the country and it’s just great that Davina saw it and so many others. We know of more than 100 women and one lovely fella who sadly found their cancer but like I say with the campaign, they get it early which is really good.

“It was all thanks to our [producer] Helen Addis of course. She got cancer herself, wanted to do something positive and she thought up the Change and Check campaign.”

She continued: “Absolutely delighted that Davina has caught this early and she’s going to be absolutely fine but it just shows you that you have to take responsibility and do it yourself. We’re sending her all our love and everybody who’s going through the same thing because sadly there are far too many women and men as well who are going through this.”

Speaking in a video to fans on Saturday, Davina said: “I just wanted to tell you I have had breast cancer, I found a lump a few weeks ago and it came and went.

“One morning I saw it in the mirror and I thought, ‘I’m going to get that looked at.’ So I had a biopsy and found out it was indeed breast cancer. I had it taken out in a lumpectomy nearly three weeks ago and the margins, they take out a little bit extra, they check the margins and the margins are clear.

“It was very, very small so I got it very, very early which is incredibly lucky. But I am so relieved to have had it removed and to know that it hasn’t spread.

“My lymph nodes were clear, I didn’t have any removed and all I’m going to do now is have five days of radiotherapy in January as an insurance policy. Then I am on my journey to stop it from ever coming back.”

Davina then went on to thank everybody at the Royal Marsden hospital who had been involved in treating her. She also thanked her “brilliant kids” for their support.

She added: “An extra special thanks to Michael – it’s been a lot. I was very angry when I found out but I let go of that and I feel in a much more positive place now.

“I think my message is – get checked if you’re worried, check yourself regularly. If you are due a mammogram then get it done and I have dense breasts and I had a mammogram in August.