United Kingdom, April 24 -- Mark Hoppus believes going public with his aggressive blood cancer battle has "healed friendships" with his Blink-182 bandmates.

The 53-year-old co-vocalist and bassist for the punk band - which is comprised of Mark, Tom DeLonge and Travis Barker - was diagnosed with a type of non-Hodgkin lymphoma in June 2021 and underwent a bout of treatment before being given the all-clear.

And, he said if it was not for making the announcement, his friendship with fellow vocalist and guitarist Tom, whom he had "no communication for years" would have still been fractured.

Mark is quoted by the Daily Star newspaper's Wired column as saying: "It healed broken friendships and broken relationships. It healed my broken friends...