Babe and Kath And Kim star Magda Szubanski announces cancer diagnosis

Magda Szubanski is being treated for stage four mantle cell lymphoma (AP Photo/Rod McGuirk, File)

Australian comedian and actor Magda Szubanski, best known for roles in the television sitcom Kath And Kim and the movie Babe, has announced she has been diagnosed with a rare and aggressive form of blood cancer.

The 64-year-old Melbourne resident posted on social media that she had started treatment for stage four mantle cell lymphoma, which she described as a “rare and fast-moving blood cancer”.