Hallmark Star Cameron Mathison Just Announced That He's "Cancer-Free"

From Country Living

• Hallmark star Cameron Mathison announced that he had kidney cancer in September.

• After undergoing surgery to remove the tumor, the 50-year-old says he's "cancer-free."

Cameron Mathison is officially cancer-free.

The host of Hallmark's Home and Family show recently made his first public appearance since undergoing surgery for kidney cancer in September. Cameron, 50, shared a sweet photo posing with his wife Vanessa at the American Humane Hero Dog Awards in Beverly Hills, California—but it was his caption that revealed how important the moment really was.

"First night out post surgery," he wrote. "Grateful to be feeling so strong and have this incredible woman by my side."

In a red-carpet interview with Extra, the Hallmark star further explained that his operation was a success.

"I'm feeling really, really well," he said. "It's three weeks out of surgery and I honestly didn't even think that I would be feeling up to coming here tonight. But the recovery has been great, the surgery went really well, the prognosis is very optimistic."

Cameron went on to share more details about the procedure and said he feels "so lucky."

"They removed the tumor on my right kidney and in doing so they removed part of the kidney itself but left the majority of it, and when they did the pathology report and checked the margins around the tumor, all of that was free and clear of cancer," he said. "That led them to believe that all the cancer is out and gone. The cancer has not spread...so I am cancer-free."

Vanessa, Cameron's wife of 16 years, addressed his health update with her own heartfelt Instagram post detailing the "emotional rollercoaster" their family has endured over the past two months.

"My love is cancer free," she wrote. "The kindness and love we received from everyone was beyond anything imaginable... and I’m eternally grateful. And here we are healthy, happy, filled with gratitude and love, and all dressed up for our first night out."

Our thoughts are with Cameron as he continues to recover!

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