TV presenter Sarah Cawood diagnosed with breast cancer and will be on medication for years

Olivia Newton-John, Kylie Minogue, Rita Wilson, Maggie Smith and Jennifer Saunders have joined a whole galaxy of stars who have shared their own personal experiences with breast cancer.EXCLUSIVE: Remembering Olivia Newton-John - Her family, Dolly Parton, Sir Cliff and more share memoriesNot only does it raise awareness but celebrities who choose to speak out about their own diagnosis can also help remove the stigma associated with cancer. In our Breast Cancer Awareness Month special, HELLO! spoke to Cancer Research UK about why celebrities telling their stories can make a difference...Information nurse at Cancer Research UK, Julia Frater, said: "It can have a huge impact when celebrities diagnosed with cancer choose to speak about their experiences publicly.

Olivia Newton-John gave her friend and country singer Kelly Lang the strength to "continue on".EXCLUSIVE: Remembering Olivia Newton-John - Her family, Dolly Parton, Sir Cliff and more share memoriesIntroduced through their mutual friend Sir Barry Gibb – they both had an instant bond as mothers, singers, writers and a shared connection to breast cancer that Olivia called thrivers. Kelly, a 17-year breast cancer thriver, had to put a "brave face" on when she was diagnosed with breast cancer at 36, with two young girls to look after.Now in our Breast Cancer Awareness Month special, the musician has lovingly talked about how her friend Olivia inspired her with her "big heart" and was like a "big sister" to her.She told HELLO!: "Having been a breast cancer patient myself, she gave me the strength to continue on.

Kylie Minogue and Olivia Newton-John are among the stars who laid bare their hearts and souls when they were diagnosed with breast cancer.EXCLUSIVE: Remembering Olivia Newton-John - Her family, Dolly Parton, Sir Cliff and more share memoriesIn our Breast Cancer Awareness Month issue, HELLO! celebrates the legacy of Olivia Newton-John and her celebrity friends share their special memories of her exclusively with us. Here are five powerful quotes we love from celebrities who have a positive message for women who have breast cancer..."Having had cancer, one important thing to know is you're still the same person at the end."You're stripped down to near zero. But most people come out the other end feeling more like themselves than ever before."WATCH: Olivia Newton-John's best moments"My cancer scare changed my life.

Elizabeth Hurley has spoken from the heart about her "enormous sadness" over losing her grandmother to breast cancer.READ: Remembering Olivia Newton-John - Her family, Dolly Parton, Sir Cliff and more share emotional memoriesAs the Global Ambassador for The Estée Lauder Companies' Breast Cancer Campaign, the actress shared her expertise and knowledge with HELLO! for our Breast Cancer Awareness Month special. The mother-of-one revealed she is "so proud" of her campaigning efforts and hopes her grandmother would be too.Speaking openly about her own experiences with self-checking and mammograms, Elizabeth has an important message for women everywhere…Elizabeth: That my grandmother didn't talk about her diagnosis, is a source of enormous sadness to me – and I feel that if she'd been diagnosed today with what we know now, with the advances they've made in treatments, with diagnosis, with awareness, the way we talk about it, I feel it could just have been different for her.

Emma Thompson picks up her young co-star Alisha Weir in a cute hug during the Matilda The Musical photocall in London on Wednesday afternoon (October 5).

Bicep have released their magnetic new single ‘Water’ featuring Clara La San. Check it out below alongside an interview with the electronic music duo.The propulsive track arrives with B-side ‘Waterfall’ – an earlier, instrumental version of ‘Water’ – marking Bicep’s first brand new music since their 2021 album ‘Isles’.The Belfast-born, London-based duo – Andrew Ferguson and Matthew McBriar – told NME how the tracks were created during a studio jam session when they were writing new music for this summer’s live shows.

Property expert and TV presenter Sarah Beeny, 50, was diagnosed with cancer in August after finding a lump in her breast and has now started chemotherapy. Her mother passed away from the disease when Sarah was just 10 years old. Janis Deville-Hallam, 59, from Weston-super-Mare, was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2018.

Katie Couric has been diagnosed with breast cancer. The US TV star opened up about her health battle in a candid essay posted online in which she revealed she was given the diagnosis on 21 June - the day she was supposed to celebrate her eighth wedding anniversary with husband John Molner - and she later underwent a lumpectomy before starting radiotherapy treatment. The former 'Today' show host described the moment she was given the results of her mammogram, writing: "I felt sick and the room started to spin .

On Wednesday, September 28, the former , 65, shared on Instagram that she was diagnosed with breast cancer in June and is currently undergoing treatment for it. She had surgery in July, and on September 7 she started radiation treatment. shared a photo of herself wearing a mask and a white robe sitting in a waiting room. “Every two minutes, a woman is diagnosed with breast cancer in the United States,” Couric wrote in the post’s caption.

Katie Couric reveals she was diagnosed with breast cancer. On Wednesday, ahead of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the 65-year-old journalist took to Instagram and her website to break the news to her fans.  “Every two minutes, a woman is diagnosed with breast cancer in the United States.

diagnosed with breast cancer. The TV personality, 50, revealed this month that she had been diagnosed with stage one cancer, which was picked up during her first-ever mammogram.

Rachel Zegler is using her platform to raise awareness about breast cancer early detection. The 21-year-old actress took to her Instagram Stories over the weekend to detail a health scare she faced at only 19 years old and encourage others to take early detection seriously.«Two years ago I found a lump in my breast and went through what was undoubtedly the scariest week of my life,» she wrote over a photo of the scar she was left with after undergoing a procedure due to the scare.

Deidre Sanders, who's best know for featuring on This Morning, has been diagnosed with "high grade" breast cancer.The devastating news comes after the 77 year old agony aunt wasn't invited to her routine mammogram appointment "by error". Deidre has revealed that she has "a teeny, tiny ­carcinoma" – a cluster of malignant cells in a duct – in her right breast, and that it has been labelled as "high grade". She's soon set to undergo surgery to remove it.

Rachel Zegler took to social media to share details about a health scare. The 21-year-old West Side Story star revealed on her Instagram Stories a snap of the scar she had after a biopsy to discover she had breast cancer when she was 19.“Two years ago, I found a lump in my breast and went through what was undoubtedly the scariest week of my life,” she wrote over the photo. “No OB/GYN was taking new patients due to the backlog of the pandemic, but I was fortunate to have the care of my pediatrician who prescribed me an ultrasound, which led to an out-patient biopsy procedure,” she added.

Rachel Zegler shared details about one of the most traumatizing weeks of her life.  The 21-year-old actress, known for her leading on "The West Side Story," shared a story on Instagram over the weekend about a biopsy procedure she had at 19.The post was shared temporarily via Instagram Stories and featured a photo of a scar on Zegler.  "Two years ago I found a lump in my breast and went through what was undoubtedly the scariest week of my life," Zegler said in the post, according to People Magazine.  "No OB/GYN was taking new patients due to the backlog of the pandemic, but I was fortunate to have the care of my pediatrician who prescribed me an ultrasound, which led to an out-patient biopsy procedure," she added. "Thankfully it was benign." Actress Rachel Zegler revealed she had a biopsy procedure at 19 to remove a lump from her breast.  (Raymond Hall/GC Images) "And now the scar serves as a reminder to check my breasts regularly for any irregular growth – the fibroadenoma in my left breast is a common occurrence but nevertheless extremely scary to find.