Celebrities with cancer: how their openness about the disease can influence others
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Celebrities with cancer: how their openness about the disease can influence others

Kathy Oxtoby Health journalist

Awareness of cancer influencers’ stories can help nurses offer care and support to people who are fearful of tests, as well as those diagnosed and undergoing treatment

When a celebrity diagnosed with cancer raises awareness about its symptoms, and possibly vast sums of money for charity, their efforts and achievements are rightly praised.

Cancer Nursing Practice. 22, 1, 7-9. doi: 10.7748/cnp.22.1.7.s4

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