Australian comedian Denise Scott shares update on ‘aggressive’ cancer battle

Beloved Australian comedy legend Denise Scott has shared an update on her devastating cancer battle.

Australian comedian Denise Scott has shared an update on her battle with cancer.

The beloved screen star, 69, first revealed her heartbreaking battle with the disease last year after six months of privately undergoing chemotherapy and radiotherapy.

Denise Scott is undergoing treatment for cancer. She shared this image to social media on May 24, 2024. Picture: Supplied/Facebook

Scott has since been privately fighting for her life, and she took to social media to reveal that she’s been in 17 months of “non-stop” treatment.

“Yesterday was my last day of chemo. I’ve been having treatment for breast cancer HER2 positive pretty much non-stop for 17 months,” she shared alongside a picture of herself in hospital.

“Feb 2023-May 2023 Chemo, June 2023 lumpectomy and removal of lymph nodes from right arm pit, August 2023-Sept 2023 Daily Radiation sessions for 6 weeks, (and) Aug 2023- May 2024 9 more months of Chemo.”

Scott then went on to share the heartwarming news that she is currently in the “all clear”, at least “for now”.

“For now, at least, the treatment has done its job,” she wrote.

“Latest mammogram was clear. I lost all my hair (in) the first round of chemo, then got these thin white, quite frankly disappointing, tufts grow in (the) second round – different sort of chemo.”

Scott has revealed that she’s been given the all-clear after months of battling in private. Picture: SBS Publicity.

Scott first started treatment all the way back in February 2023, and it’s been a long and hard journey to recovery for the star.

Last August, she insisted that she “wasn’t done” with life yet, and was battling hard to survive against the odds.

“I do console myself that at least I’ve lived a full life that I’m happy with,” she said. “But I don’t want to go yet. There are things I want to do.”

She revealed that the disease had helped her realise who she was as a person, and what she cherished most in life.

“I’ve realised that my work has been who I am,” she said. “Work makes me feel normal. It’s the reason I get out of bed. And that’s made me think that perhaps I’ve been ignoring other parts of life for quite a long time now. “So, I want to rectify that a little. I want to see more of my grandson. I want to do some gardening. I want to travel. I want to keep doing comedy and writing too, of course. But first, I want to get well.”