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1. I had 'inoperable' bowel cancer - a year later I was given the all-clear. Martyn Edwards shares how a regime of chemo, an immune-boosting diet and positivity helped him beat the disease

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Diseases -- Personal narratives, Colorectal cancer -- Personal narratives, Immunotherapy -- Personal narratives, Chemotherapy -- Personal narratives, Cancer -- Chemotherapy, General interest
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Byline: Martyn Edwards My first meeting with the oncologist was the worst. I recall him saying: 'You need to prepare yourself that this may not be a positive outcome. The [...]

Published
2024

2. I had a 'crash menopause' after breast cancer. The symptoms hit like a ton of bricks; After surviving breast cancer, going through the menopause should have felt inconsequential. The reality was anything but

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Menopause -- Personal narratives, Chemotherapy -- Personal narratives, Cancer -- Chemotherapy, Breast cancer -- Personal narratives, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
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Byline: Rosamund Dean When I discovered a lump on my right breast, aged 40 in 2021, I was in the best health of my life. With a happy marriage, two [...]

Published
2024

3. How taking charge of my fitness boosted my body confidence after breast cancer. After a gruelling battle with the disease, Susie Coleman overhauled her lifestyle and now feels comfortable again in her own skin

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Chemotherapy -- Personal narratives, Skin -- Personal narratives, Cancer -- Chemotherapy, Breast cancer -- Personal narratives, Physical fitness -- Personal narratives
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I had an aggressive form of breast cancer in my 20s, and endured a rollercoaster few years of surgery, gruelling rounds of chemotherapy, recovery, followed by drugs to keep it […]

Published
2023

4. I'm a breast cancer surgeon and survivor -- consider the side effects before taking the new preventative drug; Dr Liz O'Riordan on what it really feels like to take the new preventative cancer drug

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Antineoplastic agents -- Complications and side effects, Chemotherapy -- Personal narratives, Cancer -- Chemotherapy, Surgeons -- Personal narratives, Breast cancer -- Complications and side effects -- Drug therapy, Antimitotic agents -- Complications and side effects, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
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Byline: By I was diagnosed with breast cancer when I was 40. I was working as a consultant breast surgeon and married to the man of my dreams. Life couldn't [...]

Published
2023

5. Taking charge of my health helped me overcome my fear of cancer coming back; After a gruelling battle with the disease, I am now at a place where I feel comfortable again in my own skin

Subjects
Chemotherapy -- Personal narratives, Skin -- Personal narratives, Cancer -- Chemotherapy, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
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Byline: Susie Coleman I had an aggressive form of breast cancer in my 20s, and had a rollercoaster few years of surgery, gruelling rounds of chemotherapy, recovery, followed by drugs [...]

Published
2023

7. My Saturday

Subjects
Chemotherapy -- Personal narratives, Cancer -- Chemotherapy
Published
2022

11. 'During chemo I only wore black... now I'm back in colour'; Floral designer Hazel Gardiner on how a serious illness led to a career celebrating the power of plants and a love of bright clothing

Subjects
Chemotherapy -- Personal narratives, Cancer -- Chemotherapy, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
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Byline: Tamara Abraham, Acting Senior Fashion Editor Hazel Gardiner is not one to let her glorious floral displays and installations outshine her, even when she has an early start at [...]

Published
2022

12. 'I'm 28 and my cancer is incurable - but I'm making the most of every moment I've got' Mikki Phillips is a professional development coordinator for the police, and lives in West Sussex with her husband Tom. The pandemic has presented an unbearable situation - but she's facing it with positivity

Subjects
Professional development -- Personal narratives, Chemotherapy -- Personal narratives, Cancer -- Personal narratives -- Chemotherapy
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On 9 March, I was told my breast cancer had come back, and spread to my lungs. I remember sitting in that little room in the East Surrey Hospital with […]

Published
2021

13. 'She's more than a nurse, she's my friend as I live with terminal cancer' Having cancer is frightening and isolating enough without the added complications of a pandemic. For Nicky Newman, 33, who has stage 4 breast cancer, it has been Macmillan nurse Claire Palles-Clark, 53, who's been helping her through

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Epidemics -- Complications and side effects, Chemotherapy -- Personal narratives, Cancer -- Chemotherapy, Breast cancer -- Complications and side effects, Nurses -- Personal narratives
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Nicky When restrictions around the pandemic started to tighten last month, I immediately sent a message to my mum, Glenda: 'How about an early Christmas?' A couple of days later, […]

Published
2020

20. Andrew Lansley: I was lucky to catch my bowel cancer when I did. But it shouldn't be a question of luck

Subjects
Cancer -- Diagnosis -- Care and treatment -- Personal narratives -- Chemotherapy, Colorectal cancer -- Care and treatment -- Personal narratives, Chemotherapy -- Personal narratives, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
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Byline: Andrew Lansley When he was Health Secretary, Andrew Lansley announced plans to introduce a national screening programme for bowel cancer. The plans were frustrated by budget cuts and lack [...]

Published
2018

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