Virgin Radio DJ Chris Evans has revealed he has been diagnosed with skin cancer on his radio show.

The former BBC broadcaster announced to listeners the disease had been caught early and that he will receive treatment next month.

He said: “We need to discuss what’s going on with this issue.

“It is a melanoma. There’s this phrase called a malignant melanoma - you know once you get something, and you find out all about it - that is a redundant phrase because if it is a melanoma it is malignant.

“But it’s been caught so early, just so you know, that it should be completely treatable.”

He added he will be treated for the condition on September 14.

A keen runner who took part in the London Marathon earlier this year, Evans went on to say he will be unable to run for a month following treatment.

“I can’t run for a month afterwards so I’m going to do nothing but run until then. Is that ok?,” he said.