5 live’s Rachael Bland reveals incurable cancer

Rachael Bland, BBC Radio 5 live presenter and co-host of the “You, Me and the Big C” podcast has been told her breast cancer is incurable.

Rachael was diagnosed with cancer in November 2016 and has now started new clinical trials run by the Christie in Manchester after being told it is now metastatic.

A blog post on BigCLittleMe.co.uk by Rachael explains how she took the phone call to confirm biopsies have come back showing the same cancer is back and is in the skin.

Rachael has received a large amount of support and messages on social media from colleagues and listeners, which her well for the trails.


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Posted on Tuesday, May 22nd, 2018 at 12:30 pm by RadioToday Staff

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