Roger O’Donnell has cancer.

O’Donnell, a member of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame group The Cure, made the announcement on social media.

“September is Blood Cancer Awareness Month so it’s a good opportunity to have a dialogue about these diseases,” he posted on “X,” the social media platform formerly known as Twitter. “In September last year I was diagnosed with a very rare and aggressive form of lymphoma. I had ignored the symptoms for a few months but finally went and after surgery the result of the biopsy was devastating.”

O’Donnell posted he completed 11 months of treatment “under some of the finest specialists in the world.”

“The last phase of treatment was radiotherapy which was also one of the first treatments developed against cancer,” he added. “I’m fine and the prognosis is amazing.

“The mad axe murdered knocked on the door and we didn’t answer,” O’Donnell closed. “Cancer CAN be beaten but if you are diagnosed early enough you stand a way better chance, so all I have to say is go GET TESTED, if you have the faintest thought you may have symptoms go and get checked out.”

O’Donnell joined the Cure, which was formed in 1978, in 1987 and was part of the group when it was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2019.

Mark Heim is a reporter for The Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter @Mark_Heim. He can be heard on “The Opening Kickoff” on WNSP-FM 105.5 FM in Mobile or on the free Sound of Mobile App from 6 to 9 a.m. daily.