Catherine, Princess of Wales, says she is still having preventative chemotherapy for cancer which was found after major abdominal surgery in January."On those bad days you feel weak, tired and you have to give in to your body resting. But on the good days, when you feel stronger, you want to make the most of feeling well," she said in a statement.
A spokesperson said: "We will not be sharing any further private medical information. The princess has a right to medical privacy, as we all do."The princess had surgery in January. The palace did not disclose details at the time, but said the procedure was planned and her condition was "not cancer-related".Commonly, tissue removed during surgery is sent to the lab for analysis and to see what cells are there.
After the princess' surgery, which Kensington Palace has said was successful, experts revealed cancer had been present.Catherine's original operation took place at the London Clinic, a private facility.Cancer occurs when cells in a specific part of the body divide in an uncontrolled way. Untreated, these cells can potentially spread to other tissues in the body, including organs, which is known as secondary or metastatic cancer.In the UK, one in two people develop some kind of cancer during their lifetime.
There are more than 200 different types of cancer - the most common ones in the UK are breast, lung, prostate and bowel,Anyone can develop cancer, but the risk goes up the older we become, because there is more time for cell damage to build up.
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