HOMES Under The Hammer's Tommy Walsh has opened up about the 'cutting edge' cancer treatment he is receiving on the NHS. It was revealed in January that Tommy, 67, had received a diagnosis of lung cancer and he has now given an update on his health. The star, who found fame on 90s TV show Ground Force, has revealed he has been undergoing specialist treatment to "target" specific cancer cells.
And the fantastic news is, Tommy's cancer has shrunk and not spread elsewhere in his body. Tommy has told The Mirror that he is receiving Stereotactic ablative radiotherapy (SABR). Macmillan Cancer Support explains that SABR "uses many smaller, focused beams of radiation".
Tommy told the publication: "I had to have this new treatment called SABR and what it is is radiotherapy which targets it to an exact spot without damaging the organs around it. "So they used that and it shrunk. It is now not anywhere else.
"It is going away. Because it is shrinking it will shrink down to nothing and disappear." It came to light earlier this year that Tommy had confirmed his cancer diagnosis at a conference in November 2023.
He gave a presentation at a conference for The Swallows Head & Neck Cancer charity and said he had sought medical help after suffering from "chest symptoms". A video on YouTube saw Tommy saying: "'I have an emergency appointment at 9am tomorrow morning back in London. "I had a chest infection, had to go to the doctor and they sent me up to hospital for a CT scan and they think ther.
