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BBC star on shock cancer diagnosis - 'I thought I was in the best shape of my life'


EXCLUSIVE: Former Radio 1 DJ Adele Roberts has opened up on her terrifying cancer diagnosis and running her record-breaking London Marathon, less than a year after finishing chemo

‘Cancer has made me a better person,’ says DJ, Dancing On Ice star and marathon runner, Adele Roberts, who calls her stoma “Audrey”, branding her a “cheeky monkey” when she misbehaves. Since then, Adele has become a campaigner for bowel cancer awareness, and last year became the fastest runner with a stoma bag in the London Marathon, completing it in three hours 30 minutes and 22 seconds – a personal best. Last year, Adele became the fastest runner with a stoma bag in the London Marathon (Image: Ken McKay/ITV/REX/Shutterstock)“Even though it was hurting, I was always moving forward,” she says.

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