The Cure’s Roger O’Donnell reveals he was diagnosed with cancer in 2023 but his “prognosis is amazing”

Roger O’Donnell, keyboardist with The Cure, has revealed he was diagnosed with blood cancer in 2023. He shared his story on X/Twitter as September is Blood Cancer Awareness Month and says after 11 months of treatment he’s doing “fine” and the “prognosis is amazing.”

“September is Blood Cancer Awareness Month so it’s a good opportunity to have a dialogue about these diseases. In September last year I was diagnosed with a very rare and aggressive form of lymphoma,” he started in a series of posts. “I had ignored the symptoms for a few months but finally went and after surgery the result of the biopsy was devastating.”

Roger continues: “I’ve now completed 11 months of treatment under some of the finest specialists in the world and with second opinions and advice from the teams that had developed the drugs I was being given. I had the benefit of the latest sci fi immunotherapy and some drugs that were first used 100 years ago. The last phase of treatment was radiotherapy which also was one of the first treatments developed against cancer. Im fine and the prognosis is amazing. The mad axe murderer knocked on the door and we didn’t answer.”

O’Donnell says, “Cancer CAN be beaten but if you are diagnosed early enough you stand a way better chance, so all I have to say is go GET TESTED, if you have the faintest thought you may have symptoms go and get checked out. If you know someone who is ill or suffering talk to them, every single word helps, believe me I know.”