Coronation Street star Jack James Ryan playing Jacob
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Coronation Street’s Jack James Ryan reveals secret cancer battle in message to co-star

The soap star battled testicular cancer in 2017

Coronation Street actor Jack James Ryan – who plays Jacob in the ITV soap – has opened up on his secret cancer battle.

The 23-year-old star was diagnosed with testicular cancer in 2017.

Thankfully, Jack went on to make a full recovery.

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Coronation Street Jacob played by Jack James Ryan
Jack James Ryan plays Jacob in Coronation Street (Credit: ITV)

Coronation Street: Jacob actor Jack James Ryan reveals cancer battle

In a recent post, Victoria Ekanoye – who was diagnosed with breast cancer last year – congratulated Jack on his second stint on the soap.

It came after a fan posted: “To whoever it was at @itvcorrie who decided to give @JackJamesRyan_ a second stint on the show, a thousand thank yous – keep hold of this one! And whoever decided to pair him up with Amy.. Genius move!”

Victoria replied to the tweet, saying: “Hear hear.”

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Coronation Street Jacob actor reached out to Victoria Ekanoye

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Nancy Brown
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