Point of view - Celebrity stories help us to talk about cancer
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Point of view - Celebrity stories help us to talk about cancer

Richard Henry Lecturer in cancer nursing, Queen’s University Belfast

THIS MONTH marks the tenth anniversary of singer Kylie Minogue’s diagnosis of breast cancer. The story of her treatment, survival and subsequent career successes is uplifting and less disconcerting than the rather more morbid tales of Angelina Jolie and Kelly Osbourne.

Cancer Nursing Practice. 14, 4, 10-10. doi: 10.7748/cnp.14.4.10.s11

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