Fox Sports host Julie Stewart-Binks says nose cancer surgery kept her off live TV for two weeks, and surgeons grafted part of her ear to finish the repair.
The 39-year-old Canadian broadcaster told fans she recently went through Mohs surgery after a spot on her nose turned out to be squamous cell carcinoma, a common form of skin cancer. The Sun reported that she has been absent from television and work for the past two weeks while recovering.
Stewart-Binks posted the update on X. She framed it as a personal note, not a network announcement, and tied the time away directly to the operation.
"Personal note: I haven’t been on TV or working the past two weeks because I had Moh’s surgery to remove squamous cell carcinoma from my nose,"
She said she first mistook the growth for something minor.
"I thought it was a pimple that wouldn’t go away, turns out it was cancer."
Stewart-Binks did not leave the post as a private medical diary. She said she went public so other people would act on warning signs instead of waiting.
"I share this so that hopefully it inspires others to get checked is something feels/looks off."
Mohs surgery is a precise skin-cancer procedure that removes tissue layer by layer until the cancerous cells are gone. In her case, she said the operation cleared the carcinoma and then required a graft to rebuild the nose.
In a follow-up post, she described that next step in plain terms.
"The cool part about this," "Is not only did they remove all the cancerous cells, but they grafted part of my ear onto my nose."
Stewart-Binks has spent years on camera around the game she grew up playing. Her résumé includes work for ESPN and Fox Sports, coverage of the Toronto Maple Leafs and Anaheim Ducks, NHL Playoffs duty for TNT Sports, and soccer assignments that took her through MLS and the U.S. national teams.
That background showed up in the tone of her update. After the graft, she reached for the language of a player cleared to return.
"I’ve played hockey my entire life, but never felt more like a hockey player than I do now. Sew me up and put me in coach."
Images tied to the health update were credited to her Instagram account, juliesb_. Fan replies on the posts stayed supportive, with messages wishing her a smooth recovery and urging her to take care.
The public record here is her own account of the diagnosis, the two-week absence, the Mohs procedure, and the ear-to-nose graft. No hospital name, city, surgeon, or independent medical statement appears in the reporting. Absolute dates for the surgery and the posts were not included either.
What is clear is the sequence she described: a stubborn spot on the nose, a cancer diagnosis, surgery that removed the cells, reconstructive grafting, and time away from live sports television while she healed.
Stewart-Binks turned a private scare into a public reminder. Early checks beat late surprises, and ignoring a “pimple that won’t go away” is a gamble no one should take.
