Labour MP Chris Bryant treated for skin cancer found in lung

Regular scans every six months followed and he had been cancer free until he was told in January this year – on his 62nd birthday – that something had been found in his right lung.

In a social media video, Sir Chris said: “Two weeks later, I was in the hospital bed, they put a robot in my lung, they cut a little bit out and it did turn out indeed to be a melanoma in my lung – not lung cancer, but skin cancer in my lung.

“Now, in years gone by that might have been a death sentence, but thanks to immunotherapy, which I’m now on, my prognosis, my chances of being completely cancer free in 10, 15 years’ time, are really, really good.”

He said the immunotherapy was “tough” but “I have every hope of being completely cancer-free for the rest of my life”.

Sir Chris urged people: “If you’re in doubt about a mole, get it checked out.”