Coleen Nolan becomes fourth sister to be diagnosed with cancer

Loose Women presenter Coleen Nolan has revealed she has been diagnosed with cancer, making her the fourth family member.

Coleen Nolan, 58, has said she has been diagnosed with skin cancer, the fourth sister to receive a diagnosis for cancer.

Coleen, a TV presenter and member of Blackpool formed Anglo-Irish girl group from the 1970s The Nolans, has already seen several of her sisters diagnosed with the disease.

Bernie died of breast cancer in 2013, aged 52, and Linda announced earlier this year that her cancer has spread to her brain. Anne was diagnosed with breast cancer three years ago for the second time but is now living cancer free.

Coleen decided to see a doctor to get checked out after her sister Maureen kept pointing out ‘a tiny bit of skin’ that was ‘a bit red’.

The TV personality said she had an appointment with a dermatologist about ‘another problem’ when the medical professional told her the patch was common skin cancer basal cell carcinoma.

Coleen, who’s also appeared on Celebrity Big Brother and Dancing On Ice, said: “I went back in and he was very good and he said, ‘Look, it’s nothing to worry about.

“‘It is actually a cancer that doesn’t necessarily spread, but you do need to treat it and we’ll try it with cream and then the chemo cream and then if that doesn’t work, we’ll cut it out and give you a skin graft.'”

She continued: “My first instinct, typical me, was to laugh hysterically because I just thought that’s the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever heard anybody say.

“I’m sick of cancer and also, my first instinct was, I’m not telling anybody in my family because this that I’ve got at the moment seems nothing compared to what my sisters have been through.

“And… what Linda is going through, where it has gone to her brain and she’s having chemo.

“It just seemed so pathetic for some reason to go back and go, ‘Oh yeah, I’ve got a carcinoma’.”

The star added she has to try the cream again and is hoping to raise awareness for other people to get checked.

After her sister’s announcement of her diagnosis, Linda, 64, wrote how very proud she was of her younger sibling Coleen in a tweet.

She wrote: “She acted on her instincts, found something amiss and got it checked. If you spot something out of the ordinary for you, PLEASE get it checked. Don’t be frightened.”

Linda revealed a third recurrence of cancer found in her liver in 2020, after she received treatment for breast cancer in 2006.