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27/08/2014

Cancer in Pregnancy

BBC World Service - Health Check, Cancer in Pregnancy

A woman’s experience of a diagnosis of colon cancer nearly half way into her pregnancy

One woman’s experience of getting a diagnosis of colon cancer nearly half way through her pregnancy; why football is helping the health of the homeless  in Denmark.

Why one woman chose to write a comic about her experience of surgery and chemotherapy after getting a diagnosis of colon cancer nearly half way through her pregnancy. 

Also on the programme how football is improving the health of homeless people in Denmark; why if your mother had gestational diabetes you are at a much increased risk of developing diabetes in later life and will the stethoscope ever be replaced by high tech hand held scanning devices?

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