Linda Nolan: First breast cancer symptom you should never ignore as star sadly dies
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Linda Nolan never shied away from sharing the tough reality of breast cancer, and women all over the country were inspired by her frank approach to the disease. The singer, who had secondary breast cancer, has sadly passed away of at the age of 65. According to Cancer Research UK, around 55,500 women and around 370 men are diagnosed with breast cancer in the UK each year. One in seven women in the UK develop the disease during their lifetime, and while it's more common in older women, it's still important to keep checking in younger years too, and to know what to look out for.
Linda was first told she had the disease in 2005 and went into remission a year later. But in 2017, she devastatingly announced she had been diagnosed with a secondary cancer in her hip, which spread to her liver in 2020. Three years later, the cancer had spread to her brain.
At the start of 2005, Linda noticed a lump on her left breast and "foolishly left it" before being given the devastating diagnosis, which left her with a 'small courgette' sized lump. Cancer Research UK says the first symptom of breast cancer most people notice is a lump in their breast or some thickening.
Other symptoms to look out for include:. a new lump or thickening in your breast or armpit. a change in size, shape or feel of your breast. skin changes in the breast such as puckering, dimpling, a rash or redness of the skin. fluid leaking from the nipple in a woman who isn’t pregnant or breastfeeding.
