BBC legend Dame Joan Bakewell has revealed she's been diagnosed with cancer. The journalist, 89, announced on Tuesday she was told she had colon cancer during a routine examination.
It is understood she was operated on before Christmas. She said: "I’ve always been optimistic because I caught this cancer early on, and within a week I was in hospital having an operation." Still undergoing treatment, Dame Joan added: "I’ve recovered from [surgery]. "I’m feeling fine, and the chemotherapy is a mopping-up operation to make sure it doesn’t come back." The heartbreaking diagnosis comes after her sister Susan died from breast cancer at the age of 58.
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