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'Inside Edition' host Deborah Norville to have cancer surgery

By Annie Martin
Deborah Norville announced she's having a cancerous lump removed Wednesday. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI
1 of 3 | Deborah Norville announced she's having a cancerous lump removed Wednesday. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Photo

April 2 (UPI) -- Inside Edition host Deborah Norville will undergo surgery for cancer.

The 60-year-old television personality said in a video message Monday she is having a cancerous thyroid nodule removed from her neck this week.

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Norville said an Inside Edition viewer brought the lump to her attention years ago after spotting the bump on TV.

"We live in a world of see something, say something. And I'm really glad we do," the star said.

"When you work on television, viewers comment on everything -- your hair, your makeup, the dress you're wearing," she added. "A long time ago, an Inside Edition viewer reached out to say she'd seen something on my neck. It was a lump."

Norville said doctors initially said the bump was a benign thyroid nodule but recently found it was cancerous.

"The doctor says it's a very localized form of cancer, which tomorrow, I'll have surgery to have removed," she told viewers. "There'll be no chemo, I'm told no radiation; but I will have surgery and I'll be away for a bit."

Norville said Diane McInerney will fill in for her on Inside Edition as she recovers from the surgery. She thanked fans for their well-wishes in a tweet Monday.

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"I am overwhelmed by the kindness and good wishes that have come my way!! The world IS filled with kind people. Thank you all! #grateful," the star wrote.

Norville has served as anchor on Inside Edition since 1995.

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