All Cancer articles
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Opinion
Remembering my friend, Steve Legg (1967-2024)
Woman Alive editor, Tola Doll Fisher shares her memory of the legend - comedian, speaker, author and editor of Sorted magazine - Steve Legg.
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Opinion
'Kate and I appear to be two lives affected by cancer that will never be the same again'
Recently the Prince and Princess of Wales released a video with family footage, giving an update on the health of Princess Kate. Suzie Kennedy shares her view on the video, and rejoices at the second chance both she and Kate have been given.
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‘I wouldn’t be able to do what I do if I was married and had children’
Lieutenant Colonel Jan Ransom started her working life in the army and went on to lead ministry teams in post-conflict areas to help those affected by extreme trauma
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Opinion
I swim to show what God has done for me
After a cancer diagnosis nine years ago, Julie Moody found God was with her in the deep waters of despair. She now takes to the swimming pool with her two children to celebrate what God has done.
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Hope is so important in Princess Kate’s cancer diagnosis
’Human life is comprised of mind, body, soul and spirit and investment in each of these components is integral in our passage towards healing’ says Hannah Wickins. As a mother close in age to the Princess of Wales, she went through a health battle and understands the deep sense of responsibility for your children riding alongside an innate drive to survive.
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‘King Charles has cancer, so did my dad. Here is how we can pray for him’
Woman Alive deputy editor, Jemimah Wright knows firsthand that receiving a cancer diagnosis for someone you love is scary, how can we support our monarch in his health journey?
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My husband was told he had less than six months to live
In April 2023, Bekah Legg’s comedian husband Steve Legg was given a terminal diagnosis following a battle with cancer. A year later, she shares how they continue to navigate the journey with both hope and humour
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Opinion
There’s a new cancer campaign for women with no pink ribbons in sight but have they gone too far?
Two-time breast cancer survivor Veronica Zundel shares what she thinks about the provocative slogans used on the Smash the Stigma billboards.
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Opinion
Breast cancer taught me when the battle is mine and when I should surrender it to God
This Breast Cancer Awareness month author Kate Nicholas shares the lessons she learned as she 'battled' breast cancer.
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Opinion
God spoke to me before my cancer diagnosis and his words kept me going
Lindsay Bruce was diagnosed with cancer after hearing a word from God, and his words were a great comfort to her.
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Opinion
I’ve never had sex but have been asked to go for a smear test… what does that mean for my virginity?
In our fortnightly column ‘Great Sexpectations’ the Woman Alive panel answer your questions on sex, faith and intimacy. Drop us a confidential email on womanalive@premier.org.uk and ask us anything. Here, we tackle; if you could lose your viriginity by having a smear test.
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Opinion
I was at peak fitness when I was diagnosed with cancer - it made me question what the Bible says about my body
Anne Hartslief’s faith that her body was a temple was shattered by an unexpected cancer diagnosis. Here she explains how she began to love herself again.
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Adopting embryos
A cancer diagnosis at the age of 28 could have shattered the vision Triona Benton had for her future. But she continued to cling to God, trusting that somehow she would have the children she longed for
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Opinion
When I was diagnosed with breast cancer the only thing that got me through the fear of losing my breast was God’s words that I’m a ’beautiful masterpiece’
Kemi Olowe, from Essex, was diagnosed with stage three breast cancer in 2018 at just 33 years old. The diagnosis came as a shock, not just because Kemi had no family history of breast cancer, but because she was repeatedly assured by medical professionals that her symptoms were simply hormonal. Here she tells her story and how her faith helped her through.
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Dame Deborah James’s death was announced last night but I will always remember the Bowel Babe as being full of life
Dame Deborah James has died of bowel cancer at the age of 40. Here writer Lauren Windle, pays tribute to the tireless campaigner and recalls the one eventful evening that they worked together.
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‘I’m a virgin, do I need a smear test?’
Your health questions answered by our resident GP, Dr Olúṣẹ̀yẹ Àríkàwé
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Learning to live: my journey through cancer
Kate Nicholas on dealing with cancer returning and a near-death experience following her mastectomy
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‘Would I lose my other ovary? Would I lose my hair? Would I lose my life?’
Tola-Doll Fisher felt devastated when cancer resurfaced after a large tumour had been removed from her uterus. But a brave decision gave her a peace that surpassed earthly understanding