Former Emmerdale star Malandra Burrows has revealed she has stage three breast cancer and is facing six months of chemotherapy
When she first went to hospital, Burrows said she was told the lump was a cyst. However, a follow-up scan and an ultrasound revealed she had cancer.has done a fabulous job of bringing menopause to the forefront, but I have never heard of menopausal cancer before."
Doctors told her that"because of the oestrogen and the way your hormonal balance changes" during menopause it can be a cause of breast cancer, she added. Burrows said she had also considered the possibility of having to have a mastectomy."There is no point in having wonderful boobs that are your own but you're pushing up daisies," she told the magazine."This is saving your life, so if it's got to be done..."She added:"You've got to look on the bright side.
Burrows said she was due to have a routine mammogram in 2020, but the appointment was cancelled due to the pandemic.Sarah Harding"Someone asked me, 'If you'd had a mammogram back in lockdown, how would you have felt knowing you couldn't have treatment?' So I felt blessed in a way."
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