Renowned for her tenacious journalism, the BBC broadcaster dealt with her cancer treatment by documenting every moment. Google came up with a list of explanations, one of which was breast cancer. By 29 July she was having a biopsy, by 31 July it was confirmed she had breast cancer, and on 24 September she had a single mastectomy. In her book, Derbyshire draws attention to Deborah Orr’s critical Guardian column in which she suggests that Derbyshire oversimplifies cancer. Orr, who has had breast cancer, chafes against what she defines as the “tyranny of positivity”.

Source: The Guardian September 17, 2017 06:56 UTC