Hollyoaks Abi Phillips reveals devastating news she’s been diagnosed with thyroid cancer at 28

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Hollyoaks star Abi Phillips has revealed she has been diagnosed with thyroid cancer. The 28-year-old actress - who played Liberty Savage in the Channel 4 soap- took to Instagram to share her shocking news after she got two lumps in her neck tested.

Alongside selfies of herself wearing a hospital gown, face mask and a bandage over her throat, Abi wrote: "So, I took these pictures before my scans and after my biopsy having a good old laugh about how ridiculously dressed up I looked in the hospital before a gig, not expecting for one moment to get the news that I did two weeks later." Abi - who is the daughter of Arlene Phillips - revealed she had previously gone to the doctors to get the lumps examined, but was told there was nothing wrong, and she wanted to get a second opinion for "peace of mind".

She continued: "I'd previously been sent away from the doctors after having found two lumps in my neck, they'd passed it off and said I was 'young' and it wouldn't be anything and I was 'probably getting over a cold' or my body was 'fighting something off'. "As much as that's what I wanted to hear I wanted to get everything checked for my own peace of mind." After meeting with a specialist, Abi was told they were a cause for concern and that she required surgery and radiotherapy. .css-16e4f55{margin:16px 0;}.css-1czxmma{background-color:rgba(252,239,255,1);margin:16px 0;}.css-1tapza8{padding:20px 15px;}.css-1bk4jdt{padding:20px.