Boycott, 83, was released from hospital on Friday following a three-hour operation to remove the cancer.
However, the former England batsman has had to return to hospital just two days later after his condition took a ‘turn for the worse’, his family have revealed in a short statement on social media.
‘Thank you all for the well wishes, we’ve been blown away by the sheer number of them!’ they said.
‘Unfortunately things have taken a turn for the worse and my Father has developed pneumonia and is unable to eat or drink so is back in hospital on oxygen and a feeding tube for the foreseeable.’
Boycott revealed earlier in the month that he would have to undergo treatment for a second time having already recovered from the disease back in 2002.
‘In the last few weeks I have had an MRI Scan, CT Scan, a PET Scan and two biopsies and it has now been confirmed I have throat cancer and will require an operation,’ Boycott told The Telegraph.
‘From past experience I realise that to overcome cancer a second time I will need excellent medical treatment and quite a bit of luck and even if the operation is successful every cancer patient knows they have to live with the possibility of it returning.
‘So I will just get on with it and hope for the best.’
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