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Tranmere Rovers star Joe Thompson has been given the all clear in his battle with cancer.

The 25-year-old today took to Twitter to reveal he was in complete remission, with fans and fellow footballers showing their delight at the news.

The popular midfielder had been undergoing chemotherapy after being diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma last November.

Writing on Twitter at around 2.30pm, Thompson told his 6,536 followers:

His message was immediately retweeted and favourited hundreds of times by users of the social network site, including Swansea’s attacking midfielder Wayne Routledge.

Danny Holmes was one of the first team mates to publicly congratulate Thompson, writing “absolutely buzzing for you mate. Can’t wait to see you back on that pitch!!!!”.

Speaking to the ECHO, Holmes praised Thompson for the strength he has shown since his diagnosis.

He said: "It's a massive, massive boost for Joe and his family and hopefully now he can put it behind him and really kick on.

"I'd love to see him back in a Tranmere kit. Having a year out the game must have been absolutely terrible for him.

"But you know Joe as a person was never down about it, he always had a smile on his face and I think that gave everyone a boost in a way to see him so positive.

"He didn't let anyone mope around or feel sorry for him and obviously the campaign as well to grow our hair put a smile on everyone's face."

The footballing world was shocked in November, when Thompson revealed he had been diagnosed with nodular sclerosing Hodgkin’s disease.

He discovered he had the illness after undergoing medical tests following months of flu like symptoms, night sweats and physical vomiting.

At the time Tranmere Rovers told the former Rochdale player he had their backing, with then manager Ronnie Moore saying: “He has the full support of all the coaching staff and his team mates and we will do everything we can to help him make a full recovery.”

That support was put into action as a strong campaign emerged around Thompson’s desire to raise awareness and money for Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research.

Teammate Max Power started the Grow4Joe charity bid, which saw footballers from all over the country growing their hair and beards in a huge show of support for Thompson.

On the campaign’s Just Giving page, Thompson wrote: “I was totally unaware some might say ignorant to the symptoms that can present themselves with Lymphoma cancer.

"My aim is to not only raise money for a worthy charity but to Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research also use my sporting platform to help raise awareness regarding the symptoms of cancer and also bring to light the incredible work and research that is being done daily to cure this terrible disease.”

So far the Grow4Joe campaign has raised £15,576 for Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research.

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