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Robin Gibb says his cancer is “almost gone”

By CMU Editorial | Published on Monday 6 February 2012

Robin Gibb says his cancer has “almost gone” and that he “feels fantastic”. The Bee Gee confirmed he was battling liver cancer late last year after rising speculation about his health following a couple of hospital visits and a public appearance where he looked very ill indeed.

But Gibb’s cancer treatment seems to have gone well, and he told the Mail On Sunday last month: “For more than eighteen months, I had lived with an inflammation of the colon; then I was diagnosed with colon cancer, which spread to the liver. I have undergone chemotherapy, however, and the results – to quote my doctor – have been ‘spectacular’. It’s taken a toll, naturally, but the strange thing is that I’ve never felt seriously ill. I’ve mostly felt great. There have been many false claims around, which I’d like to dispel. I am not and have never been ‘at death’s door'”.

Last week Gibb gave an update on his treatment to Radio 2’s Steve Wright, saying: “The prognosis is that it’s almost gone and I feel fantastic and really, from now on, it’s just what they could describe as a ‘mopping-up’ operation. I am very active and my sense of well-being is good. I’ve been treated by  brilliant doctors, and in their own words, ‘the results have been spectacular’. And they said: ‘What are you doing that we don’t know about?’, and I said: ‘I’m not doing anything and in fact I haven’t taken a single tablet’. I feel better than I did ten years ago. I’m active, my appetite’s fantastic, the plumbing is all in perfect working order”.

Gibb previously indicated that once he had recovered from his illness he might reunite with brother Barry on stage for a Bee Gees reunion.