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BBC newsreader George Alagiah has stepped away from his presenting duties on News at Six after discovering his cancer has spread futher.<\/p>\n
The 66-year-old newsreader was first diagnosed with stage four bowel cancer in 2014 and has taken intermittent breaks for treatment since then.<\/p>\n
Alagiah returned to the BBC\u2019s News at Six in April 2022 after he announced he would be taking a break in October 2021.<\/p>\n
Read on for everything you need to know about his current BBC News hiatus.<\/p>\n
The BBC presenter will be taking a break from his presenting duties after scans showed his cancer has spread further.<\/p>\n
In a statement he siad: \u201cA recent scan showed that my cancer has spread further so it\u2019s back to some tough stuff.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m missing my colleagues. Working in the newsroom has been such an important part of keeping energised and motivated.\u201d<\/p>\n
He added: \u201cI look forward to being back in that studio as soon as I can.\u201d<\/p>\n
The news was confirmed by his agent Mary Greenham.<\/p>\n
Alagiah underwent 17 rounds of chemotherapy to treat his advanced bowel cancer in 2014.<\/p>\n
He returned to his hosting duties in 2015 and said he was a \u201cricher person\u201d for it.<\/p>\n
The presenter\u2019s cancer returned in December 2017 and he underwent further treatment before again returning to work.<\/p>\n
In January 2022, Alagiah said he thought the cancer he had had since 2014 would\u00a0\u201cprobably get me in the end\u201d, but he still feels \u201cvery lucky\u201d for the life he has lived.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t think I\u2019m going to be able to get rid of this thing. I\u2019ve got the cancer still. It\u2019s growing very slowly,\u201d he explained in an interview for Craig Oliver\u2019s podcast, Desperately Seeking Wisdom.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy doctor\u2019s very good at every now and again hitting me with a big red bus full of drugs, because the whole point about cancer is it bloody finds a way through and it gets you in the end.\u201d<\/p>\n
He continued: \u201cProbably \u2026 it will get me in the end. I\u2019m hoping it\u2019s a long time from now, but I\u2019m very lucky.\u201d<\/p>\n
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