The invisible killer

I turned 50 in September and, as well as presents and good wishes, I received an invitation to attend my first mammogram. I’d registered a few months before and was pleased to have the chance to get m

Last week, I spoke about my surprise at receiving news that microcalcifications had been found on a routine mammogram. I’d had no symptoms and had been blasé about being recalled for a second scan, bu

The year 2026 marks three decades since I ...

Sitting beside the hospital bed where my 15-year-old daughter Leoni lay, I clutched her hand. ‘It’s cancer,’ I said, fighting back tears. Seeing her bewildered face staring back at me, my heart broke.

In last week’s article, I shared that I was recently diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer. Having had no symptoms, no lump, no nipple discharge or skin puckering, it was picked up by my first mamm

Illness threatened to end Yuli van der Molen ’s career before it had really begun. She tells Tom Davidson how she made it back