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Artist Tracey Emin reveals her cancer has ‘gone’ after having surgery

ARTIST Tracey Emin has announced that her cancer has “gone” after she had surgery.

Emin, 57, discovered a tumour in her bladder last year while working on a painting of a ­malignant lump.

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Tracey Emin has announced that her cancer has ‘gone’ after she had surgery[/caption]

She had reproductive organs removed last summer and was fitted with a stoma bag.

Emin told BBC’s Newsnight she reached a “big, big milestone” and her three-monthly scans were “all clear” last week.

She said: “I never realised how much I wanted to live until I thought I was going to die.”

The artist’s works include her unmade bed and the tent “Everyone I Have Ever Slept With”.

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The artist had reproductive organs removed last summer and was fitted with a stoma bag[/caption]

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Emin said: ‘I never realised how much I wanted to live until I thought I was going to die’[/caption]

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Emin’s works include the tent ‘Everyone I Have Ever Slept With’[/caption]


Although she plans to create more art, she said: “I’m not painting because I’m using my willpower to stay alive.”

She will now have yearly cancer scans.

In October last year the artist said she hoped to “get past Christmas” following the cancer diagnosis.