Wilko Johnson says he is 'cancer free'

[Northerner]

Former Dr Feelgood guitarist Wilko Johnson has said he has been "cured" of the terminal pancreatic cancer with which he was diagnosed in 2012.

The 67-year-old was initially given 10 months to live after rejecting chemotherapy, but had radical surgery to remove the tumour earlier this year.

"It was an 11-hour operation," he said at the Q Awards in London.

"This tumour weighed 3kg - that's the size of a baby," he continued. "Anyway, they got it all. They cured me."

The guitarist went on his "farewell tour" in 2013 and recorded an album with The Who's Roger Daltrey.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-29727632

Terrific news! Such a great guy, and so rare to survive Pancreatic cancer 🙂

 

[HOBIE]

One of my customers survived it too. He also is good bloke & still drives about in his Morris 1000. 😎

 

[Sally71]

My brother has played drums for him, although not recently. I thought he had virtually no chance of survival so it's amazing that he has recovered - just shows what can be done these days!

Oh and if anyone saw Mark Knopfler playing at the Great North Run, that was my brother on the drums too