BBC’s George Alagiah says he is ‘gutted’ but is stepping back from the newsroom as cancer treatment puts him at risk from coronavirus BBC’s George Alagiah, 64, is undergoing treatment for stage-four bowel cancer The newsreader has revealed that he’s now self-isolating because of coronavirus He had 17 rounds of chemotherapy in 2014 before the … Read more
A mother has revealed how rashly leaving her husband and moving abroad in a ‘Shirley Valentine’ moment turned out to be an early sign of breast cancer. Debbie Lees, now 61, left her comfortable family life in Manchester behind to work in Corfu as a travel rep in 2002 when she was 43. But soon … Read more
Four new cases of coronavirus have been diagnosed in the UK, bringing the total number of infected patients in Britain to 40. Fears for scores of cancer patients at an NHS hospital in Hertfordshire were sparked today after a clinician was revealed to be one of the 13 latest coronavirus cases in the UK. More … Read more
Lupita Nyong’o shares her ‘great sadness’ at death of ‘sweet, warm, talented’ Queen Of Katwe co-star Nikita Waligwa, 15 David Oyelowo, who also starred in Queen Of Katwe, paid tribute as well, saying Mikita’s ‘light will live on’ Nikita played Gloria in the 2016 film about a Ugandan chess prodigy She was first diagnosed with … Read more
The wife of a cancer patient who was left unable to have sex and incontinent after losing most of his penis to a flesh-eating superbug following routine surgery has revealed their relationship is ‘stronger than ever.’ Andrew Lane, 65, from Essex, contracted the potentially fatal infection, necrotising fasciitis, following an operation to remove his prostate gland in … Read more
When Taylor Wind first discovered a tiny lump, no bigger than the size of a pea, behind her left ear, she was concerned. A doctor told the then-14-year-old it was harmless and she didn’t have anything to worry about. But the lump continued to grow and her mother, Susan, was convinced something was wrong and … Read more
Artificial intelligence that can help diagnose breast cancer more accurately than trained doctors could save thousands of lives, according to new research. A computer algorithm developed by British and US scientists has slashed the number of missed cases from almost one in ten (9.4 per cent) to just one in thirty-seven (2.7 per cent) by spotting tumours radiologists … Read more
California SCRAPS cancer warnings on coffee: State regulator declares there is no evidence of a link In March 2018, a California court ruled that coffee contains carcinogens and all cafes must display cancer warning labels State regulators said no studies can prove a direct link between coffee and cancer On Friday, the ruling was overturned … Read more