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YouTuber Ninja shares major health update revealing he is ‘cancer free’

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Updated 07:28 5 Apr 2024 GMT+1Published 07:29 5 Apr 2024 GMT+1

YouTuber Ninja shares major health update revealing he is ‘cancer free’

The Twitch and YouTube gamer revealed last month he'd been diagnosed with skin cancer.

Poppy Bilderbeck

Poppy Bilderbeck

Warning: This article contains discussion of cancer which some readers may find distressing.

YouTuber Ninja has taken to social media to reveal the latest update surrounding his health after being diagnosed with cancer.

Ninja - whose real name is Richard Tyler Blevins - first revealed he'd been diagnosed with cancer earlier this year in March.

In a post to X on March 26, the professional gamer and online streamer with over 19 million followers on Twitch and over 23 million subscribers on YouTube let followers know he'd been diagnosed with melanoma - skin cancer.

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The 32-year-old revealed he'd been diagnosed with skin cancer in a post uploaded last month.
Getty Images/ Amy Lemus/ NurPhoto

The 32-year-old explained he was 'still in a bit of shock' but wanted to 'keep you all updated' that a 'few weeks' before he went to a dermatologist for an 'annual skin/mole check' that fellow streamer and influencer - and also his wife - Jessica Blevins 'proactively scheduled for [him]'.

He continued: "There was a mole on the bottom of my foot that they wanted to remove just to be careful. It came back as melanoma, but they are optimistic that we caught it in the early stages.

"I had another dark spot appear near it, so today they biopsied that and removed a larger area around the melanoma with the hopes that under the microscope they will see clear non-melanoma edges and we will know we got it. I’m grateful to have hope in finding this early, but please take this as a PSA to get skin checkups."

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And Ninja has since released the latest update on his cancer journey.

Ninja's wife Jessica Blevins booked him in for the annual check-up.
Instagram/ @ninja

Ninja took to his X account yesterday (April 4) to share the update with his fans and followers.

The post reads: "Just got the news from my dermatologist, Great news x two!

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"Excision was successful with clear margins. Lesion biopsied nearby showed only mild atypia and was entirely removed with the biopsy. As of right now, I am officially cancer free ^_^ thank you all for the prayers and kind words this last week.

"Love you all."

And it's not taken long for people to flood to the update in support of the star.

Ninja is 'officially cancer free' right now.
X/ @Ninja

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One user said: "So glad to hear for you and the fam."

"WOOOO LETS GOOOOOO," another added.

A third commented: "THAT’S INCREDIBLE NEWS! Blessings!! So happy for you and fam!!."

And a fourth wrote: "Great news. Definitely makes me want to check on some moles."

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If you’ve been affected by any of these issues and want to speak to someone in confidence, contact the American Cancer Society on 1-800-227-2345 or via their live chat feature, available 24/7 every day of the year.

Featured Image Credit: Todd Owyoung/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images / Diego Donamaria/Getty Images for SXSW

Topics: Cancer, Health, Mental Health, YouTube, Social Media, Celebrity

Poppy Bilderbeck
Poppy Bilderbeck

Poppy Bilderbeck is a Senior Journalist at LADbible Group. She graduated from The University of Manchester in 2021 with a First in English Literature and Drama, where alongside her studies she was Editor-in-Chief of The Tab Manchester. Poppy is most comfortable when chatting about all things mental health, is proving a drama degree is far from useless by watching and reviewing as many TV shows and films as possible and is such a crisp fanatic the office has been forced to release them in batches.

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