Laura Sharman

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A runner and former rollerblader was diagnosed with stage three bowel cancer after experiencing extreme pain in his left buttock last year. Despite the diagnosis, carpenter Andy Spary, 39, and his wife Amy, 35, from Tunbridge Wells, Kent, are focusing on the positive that his cancer is treatable. Andy is even aiming to run the London Marathon after re-learning to walk to raise money for the charity Trekstok, which supports young people with cancer.

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A Wigan mother who was given the all-clear after battling triple-negative breast cancer discovered the disease had spread to her brain after doctors initially believed she had symptoms as vertigo. Carrie Howard, 43, celebrated beating cancer in 2023 after undergoing a mastectomy, chemotherapy, and radiotherapy.

2 weeks ago | ca.news.yahoo.com | Laura Sharman

Teenager misdiagnosed with ‘period pain’ told she has a rugby ball-sized tumour on ovaryA Derbyshire mother is urging for childhood ovarian cancer screening after her 14-year-old daughter's rugby ball-sized tumour was initially misdiagnosed as period pain. Izzy Pickering, from Sawley, was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in April, a diagnosis that revealed a large tumour with a stem in her ovary.

2 weeks ago | malaysia.news.yahoo.com | Laura Sharman

A Derbyshire mother is urging for childhood ovarian cancer screening after her 14-year-old daughter's rugby ball-sized tumour was initially misdiagnosed as period pain. Izzy Pickering, from Sawley, was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in April, a diagnosis that revealed a large tumour with a stem in her ovary. Izzy’s initial symptoms, including back pain, stomach aches, and vomiting, led doctors to suspect appendicitis or period pain when she first visited A&E in November.

2 weeks ago | the-independent.com | Laura Sharman

Carrie Howard rang the bell to mark the end of her treatment in 2023 – she now faces another battleLaura SharmanFrom reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.