Samantha Womack reveals she's cancer free just five months after devastating diagnosis

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Former EastEnders star Samantha Womack has revealed that she is cancer free, just five months after revealing she had been diagnosed with the devastating diseaseThe actress who opened up about her health earlier this year has shared a string of updates with her social media followers since making her diagnosis public.The actress said: "Now I'm just having some treatment as I go back to work, as a prevention – it was crazy, I was doing The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe – the producers there were amazing and gave me time off."The first round of chemotherapy was pretty hardcore really, it was quite toxic – we were lucky because I got to recover in Spain, Ollie and Wallie were picking me up from the airport in Valencia.Reflecting on why she decided to pay tribute to Olivia while sharing her own diagnosis, the Kingsman actress said: "I'd been with Olivia, just for dinner after a show I'd done, I played Sandy in Grease."I felt very moved by it, I thought, 'I want to share it, I want to talk to people, I want to put it out there' and it was amazing, the love that came back."

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