Deidre Sanders admitted she felt like a phoney as she reflected on her cancer battle on This Morning on Tuesday. 

The Breakfast show Agony Aunt, 79, provided viewers with a health update on the show, revealing her cancer had returned after two years.

As she appeared on the show for the phone-in segment she explained that she felt like a fake because she didn't feel like there was anything wrong with her. 

The star first announced her diagnosis in September 2022 to Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby.

But after months of recovery, her doctors have found that it has returned.

She told the show on Tuesday: 'I'm so fine. I feel like a bit of a phoney because I don't feel like anything that much wrong with me. I had brilliant surgery and fantastic treatment on the NHS. 

'I'm not even having to take any painkillers. I'll find out the results on whether they've actually got it all out in a couple of weeks time. 

'So there is that question because one in four lumpectomy's do have to have tot hen have further surgery but I've got everything crossed and I was told it was a tiny tiny cancer so I'm optimistic.' 

Desire added that she was being well looked after and her family had been looking after her.

The star previously said that people worry about cancer. 

She said: 'I think people panic at the word cancer often, and they can be scared of even going to a doctor with their initial worry because they're terrified of getting a diagnosis, even though getting the diagnosis is what leads to treatment.

'We can be so scared about that word so I am really happy to bring it out into the open.'

Explaining her treatment plan, she confirmed that she is set to have a lumpectomy followed by radiotherapy. 

Deidre previously revealed that she had no symptoms and no lump, as she was able to catch the developing disease early during an annual routine mammogram checkup.

And following her own experiences she urged women to get checked, revealing she had missed mammograms previously and wouldn't advise skipping the important appointment. 

Deidre revealed that ahead of her first diagnosis she had missed out on mammograms for a decade.

She said: 'I happened to be in a cohort of women who got missed and we didn't get called. I hadn't had a mammogram since I was 67, so ten years had gone by.

'I didn't give it a thought. I didn't know anything about it.

'But what I do now know is that when you're over 70, you can request a mammogram on the NHS and you should get one every year. Please, if you're a woman over 70, request your mammogram.

'The reason I've had an easy time this time and last time is because it was caught so early.'