Adele Roberts has issued a bowel cancer update after she was told that her tumour had been growing inside her for a decade.
The radio presenter, 42, announced that she had been diagnosed with the condition on social media last year, with her having undergone treatment in recent months.
This included surgery to remove the tumour and more recently chemotherapy, with the Big Brother alum having been open about her experience since being diagnosed.
The Radio 1 presenter appeared on ITV ’s Lorraine on Thursday morning to share the news that she is on her final cycle of chemotherapy.
Host Lorraine Kelly, who was outside ITV's studio alongside Dr Hilary Jones, asked Adele about Audrey, which is the name the DJ gave to her stoma.
Adele joked: “She’s very excited I’m on the show and she’s been quite vocal!”
Adele also told Lorraine she’s approaching the end of her treatment, saying: “I’m so excited to finish, not long to go now.
“I started my final cycle on Tuesday. It is starting to stack up. My body’s feeling it now, but my spirit is still feeling really good and it’s thanks to campaigns like yours that I’m getting out of bed every day and just living my best life.”
In a previous interview on the show last month Adele detailed her frightening early symptoms, saying: "When I first started to notice mucus when I would go to the toilet and then it was blood I would notice. I was speaking to Kate about it and at first we thought it was because I eat a lot of kale.
"I just didn't have cancer on my radar. I thought it could be IBS, but when it started to get more regular, Kate said you need to call the doctor."
Adele spoke about supporting the show’s ‘No Butts’ campaign, which highlights the importance of getting symptoms of bowel cancer checked as soon as possible.
Adele replied: “I’m great thank you Lorraine, and thank you for such a wonderful campaign. It’s been an honour to be a part of this.”
On the big pants advertising the ‘No Butts’ campaign, Lorraine told viewers: “It was about trying to get peoples’ attention - trying to make people go, ‘Oh, what’s all this about?’”
Dr Hilary said: “Humour with these things is good - it breaks the ice.”
He added: “There’s no room for embarrassment - it’s just part of the human body. People need to get over that. Grow up, talk about the symptoms in any language you want, you’re not going to embarrass a doctor, any doctor.
“We know that people have called us and said this programme had been instrumental in getting them to the doctors, getting an early diagnosis and getting a cure. There’ll be more in the future.”
Lorraine airs weekdays at 9am on ITV and ITV Hub
