Nick Robinson first blogged about his illness in March of 2015 following an operation to have a tumor removed from his lung. Unfortunately, nerve damage following the operation affected Robinson's voice and though it is unlikely to ever fully recover. He sees a speech therapist and spends 15 minutes twice a day beneath a towel to inhale steam.

Despite being told his voice will never fully recover, Robinson says his voice therapy and the cancer will not affect his new position on the Today program. "The medical problem was cancer, and the good news is the surgery cleared that up...as far as anyone can say, its not a problem, which is tremendous," Robinson states, optimistically.

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