Nile Rodgers given the all clear in cancer battle

Chic guitarist and Daft Punk collaborator has been given the all-clear after battling prostate cancer.

Nile Rodgers has revealed that doctors have given him the all-clear in his ongoing battle with cancer.

The Chic guitarist, who collaborated with Daft Punk on their million-selling Number 1 single Get Lucky, had been fighting prostate cancer since 2010.

The 60-year-old broke the good news via his Twitter account yesterday evening (July 29).

Instead of showing gross internal video I'll show my doctor's fly examination room. I'M ALL CLEAR AGAIN! pic.twitter.com/Ct4z8ZO1Qr

— Nile Rodgers (@nilerodgers) July 29, 2013

Speaking to OfficialCharts.com back in May, Nile explained that his chart topping smash with Daft Punk has helped him win the fight against the disease, and is perhaps the “most special” hit of his career because of it:

“I think this particular experience rates very high, because two years ago I was stricken with cancer just right out of the clear blue sky,” he said. “I had no indication it was coming on, I was what is called asymptomatic and when they found it, it was diagnosed as incredibly aggressive. So I went from having no symptoms to ‘you can die any moment and you have to take this very seriously’. It just didn't make any sense, it was so completely insane.

“And from that moment I decided I was going to work as much as I could, play as many concerts, do as many records, because that's what I live for,” he added. “I said to myself, if I had a reason to get up the next day, hopefully I'll get up the next day because I just love to do my job.

“I was facing life and death issues and then to get something so rewarding as a Number 1 record is pretty amazing.”

You can watch an interview with Nile below: