Dame Esther Rantzen diagnosed with second cancer 'and there's no treatment' View 2 Images

Dame Esther Rantzen has revealed she's been diagnosed with a second type of cancer . The 85-year-old broadcaster, who was diagnosed with stage four lung cancer in 2023, recently discovered she has another form of the disease, but her doctors have decided against treatment.

In a column for The Times, she said: "And a further diagnosis, comparatively recently, has revealed that I am also being attacked by a completely different kind of cancer, which needed treatment with chemotherapy and being zapped with radiotherapy. I'm not sure exactly what it is. But it is quite annoying to have two different kinds of cancer simultaneously.

"I am not receiving any treatment at all"... as "the side-effects ou

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