Actor Lisa Faulkner, who is married to presetner John Torode, has said she had to have surgery because she was diagnosed with the early stages of breast cancer.The 54-year-old EastEnders and Holby City actor has revealed she underwent the procedure two weeks ago and she has since had the all-clear from her doctors.She said she still needed to undergo radiotherapy, but reassured her 372,000 followers on Instagram that she was feeling better.Faulkner said: “I’ve had to have surgery because I’ve had the very early stages of breast cancer.“I had surgery two weeks ago, and it was quite a big op, but it’s all good, and I’ve had my results back, and they’ve got everything out, and so it’s all clear, and I just need now to have some radiotherapy in a few weeks.“I’ve still got quite a bit of healing to do, but I’m good, I’m well, and feeling so much better.”She urged others to go for check-ups, adding that if she had not gone for her breast screening, the cancer would not have been picked up.“I am so grateful that I went for my mammogram,” she said.“Don’t put them off, go, because they found this and without that mammogram it wouldn’t have been picked up.”Faulkner ended her video by thanking the “wonderful NHS” for the scan and early treatment.The actress has four children and married the former MasterChef presenter in 2019.The news comes nearly a year after Torode was told his contract with the cooking competition show would not be renewed following an allegation that he had used “highly offensive racist language” was upheld in a review looking into his former co-presenter Greg Wallace, who was also fired due to alleged misconduct. - PA