An 18-year-old A-Level student has become one of the youngest people in the UK ever to die from bowel cancer. Charlotte Simpson, from Hampshire, fought a short four-month battle after she was diagnosed with stage four cancer in January this year. In April, she was told she had just weeks to live and she passed away … Read more
A-Level student, 18, becomes one of youngest people in UK ever to die from bowel cancer – as her mother reveals heartbreaking moment her ‘world fell apart’ when diagnosis was terminal Charlotte Simpson, 18, from Hampshire was told she had weeks to live in April The A-Level student hoped to study primary school teaching at … Read more
This Morning’s Dr Philippa Kaye, 40, reveals she was diagnosed with bowel cancer in May last year and is going for final surgery this week after six months of chemotherapy London-based GP Dr. Philippa Kaye, 40, diagnosed with bowl cancer last year Mother-of-three had surgery after diagnosis before six months of chemotherapy However must undergo … Read more
More people are dying from bowel cancer than coronavirus, figures reveal – as leading medic says Britain has become ‘obsessed’ with Covid deaths Figures show there are more people dying from bowel cancer than COVID-19 Professor Karol Sikora, an oncologist, said cancer deaths will start to climb There are 319 bowel cancer deaths a week … Read more
More people are dying from bowel cancer than coronavirus, figures reveal – as leading medic says Britain has become ‘obsessed’ with Covid deaths Figures show there are more people dying from bowel cancer than COVID-19 Professor Karol Sikora, an oncologist, said cancer deaths will start to climb There are 319 bowel cancer deaths a week … Read more
BBC newsreader George Alagiah, 64, reveals his bowel cancer has spread to his lungs and has asked his oncologist when he ‘needs to sort his affairs out’ The BBC’s George Alagiah, 64, has revealed his cancer has spread to his lungs He was first diagnosed in 2014 and it later spread to his liver and lymph … Read more
Patients ravaged by advanced bowel cancer have been thrown a lifeline – thanks to a breakthrough drug hailed by experts as a game-changer in the fight against the disease. A landmark trial found immunotherapy treatment pembrolizumab, which helps the body attack and kill cancer cells, doubled the length of time it took for the disease to … Read more