Comedian Katherine Ryan diagnosed with skin cancer for a second time after finding 'suspicious mole'

The 41-year-old, who is also a writer and a presenter, was first diagnosed with melanoma in her early twenties but has revealed that she has found out she has the disease for a second time.

She explained that she raised concerns over a suspicious mole, but doctors initially told her that everything was "totally fine" before she received her second diagnosis.

Speaking on her 'Telling Everybody Everything' podcast, she said: "I know you should never Google things but I’m actually really worried. Normally I’m that positive person. I think it’s really easy to take a diagnosis of ‘you’re healthy’ and walk away. But the mole kept changing, I know a lot about melanoma, I had melanoma as a very young woman - aged 21 - on my leg, I’ve spoken about that before.

"It was flat, it wasn’t that big but it was melanoma. It is a deadly form of skin cancer and it does spread quickly. I just thought that this mole wasn’t right. It’s on my arm. I showed pictures of it on my social media. I went in and I wanted the doctor to remove it and stitch it up in a straight line.

"But even when he looked at it, he was like, ‘it’s not melanoma, it’s totally fine, I will do a shave and send it away for testing. And he rang me today and it did come back as melanoma. Early melanoma. The doctor was shocked and told me I need to go back."

The 8 Out of 10 Cats star also worried what could have been had she not been her "own advocate" and continued to seek medical advice. She said: "It just feels crazy to me, what could have happened, if I hadn't been my own advocate - and I will continue to be my own advocate."

The Canadian-born star previously opened up about her first diagnosis and joked that moving to the UK had been the "best thing" for her because of the lack of warm weather.