Pamela Ballantine: UTV presenter reveals cancer diagnosis

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The UTV presenter, who is now in recovery, is urging women to get their breasts checked.

TV presenter Pamela Ballentine has urged women to have breast screening tests done, as she reveals she was diagnosed with breast cancer last year.

A biopsy after her initial diagnosis - made after she attended a breast screening test without any obvious symptoms - showed the cancer was at risk of spreading.Image source,Chemotherapy was started immediately, but two weeks later her hair "started coming out in clumps". At one point during her treatment, Ms Ballentine said she spent five weeks in hospital after contracting an infection.The presenter, who has a career in the media spanning more than four decades, said she is due to continue radiotherapy and will be on medication for years.

 

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