Breast cancer The Observer ‘Cancer I could deal with. Losing my breast I could not’ When Joanna Moorhead found out she had breast cancer, a mastectomy seemed the best option. Breast cancer had engulfed my life a few weeks earlier, when I noticed a small dimple near my left nipple. Breast cancer: the factsBreast cancer is the most common cancer in the UK, affecting 1 in 8 women at some point in their lives – that’s more than 50,000 women diagnosed each year. Breast cancer develops in the ducts (in 90% of cases) or the lobules or milk-producing glands (10%).

Source: The Guardian February 04, 2018 08:00 UTC