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Privacy NoticeCoronation Street’s Victoria Ekanoye has bravely opened up about her battle with breast cancer, revealing the moment she discovered a lump post-pregnancy. The 42 year old actress, who underwent a double mastectomy in December 2021, shared her story on BBC Morning Live, stressing the importance of being proactive about health. Speaking to presenters Michelle Ackerley and Gethin Jones, Victoria emphasised how we can all help ourselves in relation to our health after she was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2021. “I think I realise now that there are a lot of things that we can do to help ourselves when it comes to disease within the body,” she said.
Former Coronation Street star Victoria Ekanoye has opened up about her breast cancer diagnosis
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As she continued, the soap star highlighted the significance that our lifestyle choices can have. “What we’re eating what we’re putting on our skin, there are lifestyle changes that we can make if we know our genetic makeup. What’s going on with our family history? DNA, and we’re a lot more in control of it than we realise,” the 42 year old added. During the interview, Victoria, who was known for playing Angie Appleton on the soap, also revealed how a double mastectomy was the “only way” she could feel “comfortable enough” that the cancer wouldn’t return. As she finished off her interview, the actress encouraged others to be proactive when it came to their health.
Victoria spoke about the importance of our lifestyle choices
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Sign up to OK’s TV newsletter to get updates sent to your inbox for free “You can have these conversations with your doctors. You don’t have to hand over your the destiny and fate of your health to somebody else. You know, it’s incredible how much you learn during the process,” she said, reports Lancs Live. In response, Dr Xand van Tulleken praise Victoria for being “proactive” and explained that anyone who was concerned about their health, should seek medical advice. “Survival rates are going to increase for probably all cancers in the next decade very considerably. So if you are worried, first of all, of course, you should be in the NHS screening programmes. You’ll be speak to your GP about that. Beyond that, if you’re worried, go and talk to your GP,” he added.
Victoria was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2021
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Victoria’s interview comes after she spoke to OK! in 2022 about her cancer treatment and revealed that it would put her into early menopause. “I’ve just been to pick up my prescription that I need to take, which is Tamoxifen, and it’s 20mg once a day for five years,” she said in a video diary. “This will affect the way that the cell receives the oestrogen – so the receptors on the cancer cells. Then, depending on how I tolerate the drug and how I’m dealing with the side effects, in about six to eight weeks they’ll check that everything’s okay.”Story SavedYou can find this story in My Bookmarks.Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right.Follow OK! MagazineFacebookTwitterCommentMore OnCoronation Street
