 Duran Duran's Andy Taylor has thanked a new cancer treatment for 'effectively' extending his life for at least 'five years'. The English guitarist and songwriter, 62, shot to fame in the 1980s as part of the New Romantic pop group on their first three Platinum-selling albums. He was first diagnosed with stage four metastatic prostate cancer in the mid-to-late 2010s – his condition is 'incurable but not immediately life-threatening'. Andy's diagnosis and treatment meant that he was absent from the ceremony the night Duran Duran were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2022. It meant that members Simon Le Bon, Nick Rhodes, and John and Roger Taylor attended the ceremony, with Andy sending a letter from home instead. Following the band's induction, the guitarist spoke to a doctor who told him that there was a treatment for him that was targeted to see only cancer cells. Duran Duran were eventually inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame (Picture: Getty) Andy was part of the group during their heyday in the early 1980s (Picture: Getty) Speaking to the BBC, he said: 'I've had prostate cancer for around about eight years and it caught up with me quite badly around about last September.' 'As hard as I tried – when you do something like the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, which is like getting knighted for a guitar player, you've kind of got to be on 11.' He continued: 'You can't saunter in, and a few days before I couldn't really stand up and play. I had to deal with the denial but it was sad.' Andy spoke to BBC Breakfast about his new cancer treatment (Picture: BBC) Andy has been receiving treatment for prostate cancer (Picture: Splash News) However, Andy's sacrifice that night has apparently paid off, with new specialist cancer treatment apparently extending his life by at least five years. 'It can't see healthy cells, and I had my first round of it about – I'm in next week for anoth){kind=link}
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Duran Duran’s Andy Taylor has thanked a new cancer treatment for ‘effectively’ extending his life for at least ‘five years’.
The English guitarist and songwriter, 62, shot to fame in the 1980s as part of the New Romantic pop group on their first three Platinum-selling albums.
He was first diagnosed with stage four metastatic prostate cancer in the mid-to-late 2010s – his condition is ‘incurable but not immediately life-threatening’.
Andy’s diagnosis and treatment meant that he was absent from the ceremony the night Duran Duran were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2022.